Kiiski class minesweeper
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The Kiiski class minesweepers (Ruffe) are a series of seven small minesweepers
of the Finnish Navy
. The ships were constructed in 1975 and were modernized in the 1990s.
Kiiski 2 (522)
Kiiski 3 (523)
Kiiski 4 (524)
Kiiski 5 (525)
Kiiski 6 (526)
Kiiski 7 (527)
Minesweeper (ship)
A minesweeper is a small naval warship designed to counter the threat posed by naval mines. Minesweepers generally detect then neutralize mines in advance of other naval operations.-History:...
of the Finnish Navy
Finnish Navy
The Finnish Navy is one of the branches of the Finnish Defence Forces. The Navy employs 2,300 people and about 4,300 conscripts are trained each year. Finnish Navy vessels are given the ship prefix "FNS" simply short for "Finnish Navy Ship"...
. The ships were constructed in 1975 and were modernized in the 1990s.
Vessels of the class
Kiiski 1 (521)Kiiski 2 (522)
Kiiski 3 (523)
Kiiski 4 (524)
Kiiski 5 (525)
Kiiski 6 (526)
Kiiski 7 (527)