Finnish coastal defence ship Väinämöinen

History
Finland
Name	Väinämöinen
Namesake	Väinämöinen
Ordered	1927
Builder	Crichton-Vulcan Oy, Turku, Finland
Laid down	August 1929
Launched	29 April 1932
Commissioned	28 December 1932
Fate	Transferred to Soviet Union 29 May 1947
Soviet Union
Name	Vyborg
Acquired	29 May 1947
Fate	Scrapped 1966
General characteristics
Class and type	Väinämöinen-class coastal defence ship
Displacement	3,900 long tons
Length	93.0 m (305.1 ft)
Beam	16.864 m (55.33 ft)
Draught	5.0 m (16.4 ft)
Propulsion	Diesel-Electric powertrain; four Krupp engines 875 kW (1,173 hp), two shafts.; 3,500 kW (4,700 hp);
Speed	14.5 knots (26.9 km/h; 16.7 mph)
Range	700 nmi (1,300 km; 810 mi)
Complement	410
Armament	[1939]; 2 × 2 × 254 millimetres (10 in) Bofors; 4 × 2 × 105 mm Bofors; 4 × 40 mm Vickers; 2 × 20 mm Madsens; [1944]; 2 × 2 × 254 millimetres (10 in) Bofors; 4 × 2 × 105 mm Bofors; 4 × 40 mm Bofors; 8 × 20 mm Madsens;

Väinämöinen was a Finnish coastal defence ship, the sister ship of the Finnish Navy's flagship Ilmarinen and also the first ship of her class. She was built at the Crichton-Vulcan shipyard in Turku and was launched in 1932. Following the end of the Continuation War, Väinämöinen was handed over to the Soviet Union as war reparations and renamed Vyborg. The ship remained in Soviet hands until her scrapping in 1966.

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