Ajonpää-class minesweeper

Class overview

Name:	Ajonpää
Builders:	Denmark
Operators:	Finnish Navy
Built:	1941-1942
In commission:	1941-1962
Completed:	2
Retired:	2
General characteristics
Type:	Minesweeper
Displacement:	52 tons
Length:	20.0 m (65.6 ft)
Beam:	5.3 m (17 ft)
Draught:	1.7 m (5 ft 7 in)
Propulsion:	200 hp (150 kW)
Speed:	10 knots (19 km/h)
Armament:	1 × 20 mm Madsen AA
Notes:	Ships in class include: Ajonpää, Kallanpää

Ajonpää and Kallanpää were bought from Denmark during the Continuation War and were intended for clearing influence mines. Both ships survived the wars, Ajonpää was retired 1960 and Kallanpää on 1962.^[1]

References

↑ Auvinen, Visa (1983). Leijonalippu merellä [Lion flag at sea] (in Finnish). Pori, Finland: Satakunnan Kirjapaino Oy. pp. 86–87. ISBN 951-95781-1-0.

Finnish naval ship classes of World War II

Coastal defence ships

Väinämöinen class
- Väinämöinen
- Ilmarinen

Sisu class
Isku^S
Syöksy class
Hurja class
Jymy class
Taisto class
Captured Soviet motor torpedo boats
- D-3 class
- G-5 class

Minesweepers

Patrol boats

Other

Auxiliary gunboats	Viena Aunus

Auxiliary minelayers	Baltic Frej Poseidon Suomi

S: Single ship of class

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