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The '''''Vetehinen'' class submarine''' was a [[Finland|Finnish]] 500 tonne [[submarine]] class of three vessels that was designed and built in the 1920s and early 1930s. The Vetehinen class served in the [[Finnish Navy]] during [[World War II]]. The class was designed by [[Netherlands|Dutch]] dummy company [[Ingenieurskantoor voor Scheepsbouw]] den Haag (I.v.S) (set up by Germany after [[World War I]] in order to maintain and develop [[Germany|German]] [[submarine]] know-how and to circumvent the limitations set by the [[Treaty of Versailles]]) and built by the Finnish [[Crichton-Vulcan]] shipyard in [[Turku]]. The class was based on the German [[World War I]] Type UB III and Type UC III submarines and served as prototype for [[German Type VII submarine|Type VII]] submarines.
The '''''Vetehinen'' class submarine''' was a [[Finland|Finnish]] 500 tonne [[submarine]] class of three vessels that was designed and built in the 1920s and early 1930s. The Vetehinen class served in the [[Finnish Navy]] during [[World War II]]. The class was designed by [[Netherlands|Dutch]] dummy company [[Ingenieurskantoor voor Scheepsbouw]] den Haag (I.v.S) (set up by Germany after [[World War I]] in order to maintain and develop [[Germany|German]] [[submarine]] know-how and to circumvent the limitations set by the [[Treaty of Versailles]]) and built by the Finnish [[Crichton-Vulcan]] shipyard in [[Turku]]. The class was based on the German [[World War I]] Type UB III and Type UC III submarines and served as prototype for [[German Type VII submarine|Type VII]] submarines.


The word ''vetehinen'' means a [[merman]]. Vetehinen class submarines were designed as minelaying submarines and were build with mineshafts for 20 mines. Submarines had special inner rails for to torpedotubes to enable 450 mm torpedoes to be used instead of the 533 mm torpedoes.
The word ''vetehinen'' means a [[merman]]. Vetehinen class submarines were designed as minelaying submarines and were built with mineshafts for 20 mines. Submarines had special inner rails for to torpedotubes to enable 450 mm torpedoes to be used instead of the 533 mm torpedoes.


==Submarines of the class==
==Submarines of the class==

Revision as of 20:05, 26 January 2012

Vetehinen during her launching ceremony.
General characteristics
Displacement493 tonnes surfaced, 716 tonnes submerged
Length63.5 m (208.3 ft)
Beam6.2 m (20.3 ft)
Draft3.6 m (11.8 ft)
PropulsionDiesel-electric, 1,016 hp
Speed12.6 knots (23.3 km/h) surfaced, 8.5 knots (15.7 km/h) submerged
Range1,575 nmi (2,917 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h) surfaced, 75 nmi (139 km) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h) submerged
Complement30 men
Armamentlist error: <br /> list (help)
4 x 533 mm torpedo tubes, 2 bow, 2 stern (6 torpedoes)
20 mines in vertical shafts
1 x 76 mm/48 Bofors
1 x 20 mm/60 Madsen
1 x 12.7 mm
Added in 1942:
Depth charge rack (4 depth charges)
Bow view of a Vetehinen class submarine.
Stern view of a Vetehinen class submarine.

The Vetehinen class submarine was a Finnish 500 tonne submarine class of three vessels that was designed and built in the 1920s and early 1930s. The Vetehinen class served in the Finnish Navy during World War II. The class was designed by Dutch dummy company Ingenieurskantoor voor Scheepsbouw den Haag (I.v.S) (set up by Germany after World War I in order to maintain and develop German submarine know-how and to circumvent the limitations set by the Treaty of Versailles) and built by the Finnish Crichton-Vulcan shipyard in Turku. The class was based on the German World War I Type UB III and Type UC III submarines and served as prototype for Type VII submarines.

The word vetehinen means a merman. Vetehinen class submarines were designed as minelaying submarines and were built with mineshafts for 20 mines. Submarines had special inner rails for to torpedotubes to enable 450 mm torpedoes to be used instead of the 533 mm torpedoes.

Submarines of the class

Two Vetehinen class submarines.

References