Name Kuha Completed 18 Displacement 18 tons | Preceded by Ahven class Type Minesweeper Length 17.1 m | |
The Kuha class minesweepers (English: Zander) was a series of eighteen small minesweepers of the Finnish Navy. The ships were constructed in three batches between 1941 and 1946. Some of the vessels participated in World War II, but their main mission were to be the demining of the Gulf of Finland after the war.
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The vessels were built by August Eklöf Ab in Porvoo, starting in 1941. The Kuha class was developed from the Ahven class and were similar in appearance.
Kuha 1-6
Kuha 7-14
Delivered in 1945
Kuha 15-18
Delivered in 1946
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Kuha-class minesweeper (1941) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA