Finnish frigate Uusimaa

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|Ship country=Soviet Union

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|Ship name=Filin

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|Ship namesake = Russian word for owl (Филин)

|Ship builder=Yantar, Kaliningrad

|Ship yard number=115

|Ship laid down=27 August 1953

|Ship launched=6 June 1954

|Ship completed=21 December 1954

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|Ship fate=Sold to Finland, 1964

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|Ship country=Finland

|Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Finland|naval}}

|Ship name=Uusimaa

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|Ship namesake = Uusimaa region

|Ship acquired=1964

|Ship commissioned=1964

|Ship decommissioned=1979

|Ship struck=1980

|Ship fate=Scrapped 1980

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|Ship class=*Hämeenmaa class

  • (modified {{sclass2|Riga|frigate}})

|Ship displacement=*1,260 tons

  • 1,500 tons (full load)

|Ship length={{convert|91.5|m|ft|abbr=on}}

|Ship beam={{convert|10.1|m|ft|abbr=on}}

|Ship draft={{convert|3.2|m|ft|abbr=on}}

|Ship propulsion=steam turbines, 14,900 kW

|Ship speed={{convert|28|kn|km/h|lk=in}}

|Ship range={{convert|2000|nmi|km|lk=in}} at 15 knots

|Ship complement=175

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|Ship armament=*three 100 mm

  • two 2 × 37 mm AA
  • two 2 × 25 mm AA
  • two Hedgehog ASW
  • one 3 × 533 mm torpedo tubes

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Uusimaa was a Finnish {{sclass2|Riga|frigate}}. However the class was called the Uusimaa-class in Finland since the ship had some unique modifications (i.e. British submarine hunting equipment).

As the Finnish Navy had a manpower restriction after World War II, the navy suffered personnel shortages after the commissioning of the Turunmaa and Karjala. The navy limited therefore the use of its two Hämeenmaa frigates and finally decided to retire them.{{Cite web |url=http://www.mil.fi/merivoimat/joukot/smmepa/mv_saattajat.html |title=www.mil.fi: SaattajatHämeenmaa ja Uusimaa |access-date=2008-11-22 |archive-date=2009-04-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090412090903/http://www.mil.fi/merivoimat/joukot/smmepa/mv_saattajat.html |url-status=dead }}

Uusimaa was in Finnish Navy service between 1964–1980. She was decommissioned in 1979 and cannibalized for spare parts for the Hämeenmaa.

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