Isku-class motor torpedo boat

The Isku-class motor torpedo boat (English: Strike) was a Thornycroft type motor torpedo boat of the Finnish Navy. The vessel was constructed in 1926 by the Borgå varv, in Porvoo, Finland, and she saw service in World War II. Isku differed from the original Thornycraft design through its torpedo launching method (they were released from the sides of the hull, in contrast to dropping them from the aft). However, she was not a successful design and she only participated in the Winter War and during the first months of the Continuation War. She was stricken from the navy lists in 1942, due to extensive wear damage on the hull. She was moored at Suomenlinna and was scrapped after the war.[1]

Class overview
NameIsku
BuildersPorvoon Veneveistämö, Porvoo, Finland
Operators Finnish Navy
Preceded bySisu class
Succeeded bySyöksy class
Built1926
In commission1926–1942
Completed1
Retired1
General characteristics
TypeMotor torpedo boat
Displacement11 tons
Length16.6 m (54 ft 6 in)
Beam3.4 m (11 ft 2 in)
Draught1.1 m (3 ft 7 in)
Propulsion2 × Rolls-Royce gasoline engines; 597 kW (801 hp)
Speed31 knots (57 km/h; 36 mph)
Complement1+6
Armament
  • 2 × 450 mm torpedoes
  • 2 × 7.62 mm machine guns
  • 2 × depth charges

Vessels of the class edit

Isku
ex-MTV 3 in Finnish service.

References edit

  1. ^ Auvinen, Visa (1983). Leijonalippu merellä [Lion flag at sea] (in Finnish). Pori, Finland: Satakunnan Kirjapaino Oy. p. 40. ISBN 951-95781-1-0.