All Hamina-Class Fast Attack Craft Back In Finnish Navy Service.
The 51 meter long and 250 ton Hamina-class fast attack craft were originally delivered in the years around 2000, and have generally been seen as a successful class given their somewhat unique concept of operation with a focus on surface combat staged from the cluttered Finnish archipelagos – emphasising manoeuvrability, shallow draught, and good firepower at the cost of somewhat limited endurance and small crew.
A changed security landscape has however seen shifting priorities for the Finnish Navy, and while the limited endurance and poor suitability to operations in ice remain, the vessels have become more balanced and efficient overall following the upgrade. A key part of this is the emphasis on underwater warfare. This include the first torpedoes fielded by the Finnish Navy in decades, as the vessels are equipped with the Swedish light TP 47-system (Saab Lightweight Torpedo, SLWT) which is a dedicated littoral anti-submarine weapon. With the first Finnish firings of the new weapon having taken place only this year, the Navy has been able to loan older TP 45-torpedoes from the Swedish Navy to allow for training and covering the period until stocks of the brand-new torpedo have reached adequate sizes.
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