SM-class_minesweeper Knowpia

Class overview
Name	SM
Builders	Aug. Eklöf AB, Turku, Finland
Operators	Finnish Navy
Preceded by	Ahven-class
Succeeded by	Kuha-class
Built	1939-1940
In commission	1939-1954
Completed	4
Lost	1
Retired	3
General characteristics
Type	Minesweeper
Displacement	20 tons
Length	18.0 m
Beam	3.8 m
Draught	1.7 m
Propulsion	80 hp (60 kW)
Speed	9 knots (17 km/h)
Armament	1× 20 mm Madsen AA
Notes	Ships in class include: SM-1, SM-2, SM-3, SM-4

SM boats were initially designed as training boats for the naval Civil Guard. They were however completed just for the Winter War and were commissioned into Finnish Navy as minesweepers. SM-3 was lost on 5 October 1944 when it run into a mine and was destroyed taking five men with her. Because the ceasefire and peace treaties forbid the Civil Guard from Finland the SM boats stayed in the Navy even after the war.SM-1 and SM-4 were decommissioned 1951 and SM-2 on 1954.^[1]

References edit

^ Auvinen, Visa (1983). Leijonalippu merellä [Lion flag at sea] (in Finnish). Pori, Finland: Satakunnan Kirjapaino Oy. p. 63. ISBN 951-95781-1-0.

[auv-1] Auvinen, Visa (1983). Leijonalippu merellä [Lion flag at sea] (in Finnish). Pori, Finland: Satakunnan Kirjapaino Oy. p. 63. ISBN 951-95781-1-0.

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