Golub-class guard ship

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|Ship image=Uusimaa.gif

|Ship caption=Sketch of Uusimaa

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{{Infobox ship class overview

| Builders=Kone ja Silta Oy and Sandvikens Skeppsdocka och Mekaniska Verkstad, Helsinki, Finland

| Operators=* Imperial Russian Navy

| Built range=1916–1919

| In commission range=1916–?

| Total ships completed=6

| Total ships lost=?

| Total ships scrapped=At least 2

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| Ship type=Gunboat

| Ship displacement=400 tons

| Ship length={{convert|52|m|abbr=on}}

| Ship beam={{convert|7.5|m|abbr=on}}

| Ship draft={{convert|3.4|m|abbr=on}}

| Ship power={{convert|1400|shp|abbr=on}}

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| Ship speed={{convert|15|kn}}

| Ship complement=73

| Ship armament=Golub-class:{{Unbulleted list| list_style = margin-left: 1em;|2 × 102 mm cannon (Obuhov 102/60)|1 × 40 mm gun AA|3 × machine guns}}Uusimaa in 1944:{{Unbulleted list| list_style = margin-left: 1em;|2 × 105 mm (105/45)|2 × 40 mm Bofors AA|3 × 20 mm Madsen AA|2 × DC mortar (SPH/37)|40 mines}}

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Golub-class guard ships{{cite book |editor1-first=Robert |editor1-last=Gardiner |title=Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906-1921 |year= 1985 |publisher=Conway Maritime Press Ltd. |location=London, England |isbn=0-85177-245-5 |pages=319}} were originally built as minelayers and netlayers for the Imperial Russian Navy. Two of the ships were captured by the Germans at Tallinn in 1918 and were given to Finland in 1920. Four more were completed in 1919 and sold via Germans to Chilean Navy (eventually named as Colocolo, Leucoton, Elicura, and Orompello).{{cite book |last1=Auvinen |first1=Visa |title=Leijonalippu merellä |trans-title=Lion flag at sea |year= 1983 |publisher=Satakunnan Kirjapaino Oy |location=Pori, Finland |language=Finnish |isbn=951-95781-1-0 |pages=31–32}}{{cite book |editor1-first=Robert |editor1-last=Gardiner |title=Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906-1921 |year= 1985 |publisher=Conway Maritime Press Ltd. |location=London, England |isbn=0-85177-245-5 |pages=319}}

The ships had fairly good seagoing abilities and were stable platforms. They were especially well suited for heavy minesweeping duties.{{cite book |last1=Kijanen |first1=Kalervo |title=Suomen Laivasto 1918–1968, II |trans-title=Finnish Navy 1918–1968, part II |year= 1968 |publisher=Meriupseeriyhdistys/Otavan Kirjapaino |location=Helsinki, Finland |language=Finnish |chapter=Erikoistietoja Suomen Laivastovoimien Aluksista |trans-chapter=Special information on the Ships of the Finnish Navy}}