Helsinki class missile boat


FNS Oulu (future HRM Vukovar) in Helsinki, 20 July 2006
Class overview
Name: Helsinki
Builders: Wärtsilä Helsinki Shipyard
Operators:  Finnish Navy
 Croatian Navy
Preceded by: Tuima class missile boats
Succeeded by: Rauma class missile boats
In service: 1981–2007 (Finland)
2008– (Croatia)
Completed: 4
Active: 2
Scrapped: 2
General characteristics
Type: Fast attack craft
Displacement: 300 tons
Length: 45 m (148 ft)
Beam: 8.8 m (29 ft)
Draught: 3 m (10 ft)
Installed power: 3 × MTU 16V 538 TB92
9,000 kW (combined)
Propulsion: Three shafts
Speed: 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph)
Complement: 30
Sensors and
processing systems:
Philips 9LV 225 fire control radar
Saab EOS400 optical director
9GA 208 Surface search radar
Raytheon ARPA Navigation radar
Simrad SS304 hull mounted sonar
Finnyards Sonac/PTA towed array sonar
Electronic warfare
& decoys:
Philax chaff and IR flairs
ESM: Argo Systems radar warning system
6× 103 mm rails for rocket illuminants
Armament: 1 × Bofors 57 mm/70 Mk1
2 × Sako twin-barreled 23 mm/87 (modified ZU-23-2)
8 × Saab RBS-15 SSM
2 × rails for depth charges