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Saukko
Saukko
Class overview
Builders: Sandvikens shipyard, Helsinki
Operators: Naval flag of Finland Finnish Navy
In service: 1930 - 1952
In commission: December 16, 1930 - 1947
Completed: 1
Preserved: 0
General characteristics
Displacement: 114 tonnes surfaced
142 tonnes submerged
Length: 32. Helsinki (in Finnish;) or Helsingfors (in Swedish;) is the Capital and largest city of Finland. The Finnish Navy ( Finnish: Suomen merivoimat, Swedish: Finlands sjöstridskrafter) is one of the branches of the Events 755 - An Lushan revolts against Chancellor Yang Guozhong at Fanyang, initiating the An Shi Rebellion Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. This article is about the tonne or metric ton For other tons see Ton. 4 m
Beam: 4. 1 m
Draft: 2. 9 m
Propulsion: Diesel-electric; 200 hp
Speed: 9 knots surfaced
5. 7 knots submerged
Range: 375 nm at 8 knots surfaced, 45 km at 4 knots submerged
Complement: 15
Armament: 2× bow torpedo tubes (2 torpedoes)
1× 12. 7 mm machine gun
6-9× mines

Saukko (Pu110) was a Finnish submarine that served in the Finnish Navy during the second World War. Finland, officially the Republic of Finland ( is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. A submarine is a Watercraft that can operate independently below water as distinct from a Submersible that has only limited underwater capability The Finnish Navy ( Finnish: Suomen merivoimat, Swedish: Finlands sjöstridskrafter) is one of the branches of the World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The submarine was designed not to exceed 100 tonnes, since it was planned to be used in Lake Ladoga. Lake Ladoga (Лáдожское Óзеро Ladozhskoye Ozero; Laatokka is a Freshwater Lake located in Republic of Karelia and Leningrad However, the final construction was to exceed this limit. According to the Treaty of Tarto of 1920, no nation was allowed to use naval ships over 100 tonnes in the lake. The Treaty of Tartu ( Russian: Тартуский мирный договор, Finnish: Tarton rauha) between Finland and Soviet Russia was The submarine could be divided into separate sections and be transported by railway. The engines were in the aft section and the batteries in the forward section. The conning tower could be lifted off entirely.

The construction of Saukko

The construction of Saukko began in 1928 at Sandvikens shipyard in Helsinki. Helsinki (in Finnish;) or Helsingfors (in Swedish;) is the Capital and largest city of Finland. The submarine was constructed after German drawings for the submarine Pu110 ("smaller, quickly assemblable submarine prototype"). The submarine was launched on July 2, 1930, and it was ready on December 16, 1930. Events 310 - Pope Miltiades is elected 626 - In fear of assassination Li Shimin ambushes and kills his rival Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 755 - An Lushan revolts against Chancellor Yang Guozhong at Fanyang, initiating the An Shi Rebellion Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. At the time of service, it was the world's smallest submarine, weighing only 99 tonnes. Saukkos crew consisted of 15 men. The outer hull was designed for ice-going.

Operational history

The plan was to bring Saukko to the town of Lahdenpohja at Lake Ladoga via railway, but this plan was never realized. Lakhdenpokhya (Лахденпо́хья Lahdenpohja is a town in the Republic of Karelia, Russia, located some 330 km west of Petrozavodsk Lake Ladoga (Лáдожское Óзеро Ladozhskoye Ozero; Laatokka is a Freshwater Lake located in Republic of Karelia and Leningrad During the Winter War (1939–1940) and the Continuation War (1941–1944), the submarine participated in operations in the Gulf of Finland. The Winter War (Talvisota Советско-финляндская война - official Зимняя война - unofficial Vinterkriget began when the The Continuation War (Jatkosota Fortsättningskriget Советско-финская война ( 25 June 1941 &ndash 19 September 1944) The Gulf of Finland ( Finnish: Suomenlahti, Russian: Финский залив, Finskiy zaliv, Swedish: Finska viken In January 1945, after the armistice, the allied control commission ordered all Finnish submarines to be disarmed. Saukko was left at Suomenlinna together with the other Finnish submarines until 1953, when it was sold for scrapping to Belgium. Suomenlinna, until 1918 Viapori, ( Finnish) or Sveaborg ( Swedish) is an inhabited sea fortress built on six islands today within The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those

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