Class and type D-3 Displacement 35 tons Beam 3.9 m (13 ft) | Type Motor torpedo boat Length 21.7 m (71 ft) Draught 0.8 m (2 ft 7 in) | |
The Finnish Navy used several different types of motor torpedo boats during World War II. Four Soviet motor torpedo boats were captured and commissioned by the Finnish Navy during the World War II. One of these was of larger D-3 class while three others belonged to G-5 class.
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Finnish ship of the class
Vasama: Ex-TK 52 in Soviet service. She was a Soviet D 3 type motor torpedo boat. She was found sunk at Borstö in October 1941, having run aground in a storm. She probably had tried to escape the German attack on Hiiumaa and Saaremaa. She was used as a torpedo boat in 1943, and changed into a patrol boat in 1943. Returned to Soviet Union after the Continuation War.
Finnish ships of the class
All G-5 class motor torpedo boats were returned to Soviet Union after the Continuation War.
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