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Finnish patrol gunboat VTV 1

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Name
  
VTV-1

Builder
  
Soviet Union

In service
  
1941-1944

Length
  
23 m

Owner
  
Finnish Navy

Commissioned
  
1941

Launched
  
1939

Weight
  
29.5 tons

Fate
  
Returned to Soviet Union in 1944

VTV-1 was originally a Soviet type 1125 armored motor boat with the designation No 215. It was captured by Finnish troops in 1941, after it had been damaged by artillery fire and beached by its crew. The Finns swiftly repaired the ship, and in October 1941 VTV-1 took part in a reconnaissance-in-force aimed at the island of Sommers.

VTV-1 was transferred to Lake Onega in June 1942. It was the only ship of the "Onega Flotilla" that could truly be considered a match for any of the opposing Soviet naval vessels on the lake. Once Finnish forces started withdrawing from Onega VTV-1 was transported by rail to Finland. The ship was returned to the Soviet Union in 1944.

References

Finnish patrol gunboat VTV-1 Wikipedia