TIIRA (YXT) class

 1 TIIRA-class TRAINING LAUNCH (YXT)

 Name       Pendant   Launched         Commissioned    Status
 KAJAVA     .....     March 23, 1986   Aug. 28, 1986   Active
 KIHU       .....     July 1986        Dec. 17, 1986   Stricken
 TIIRA      .....     Sept. 5, 1985    Nov. 1, 1985    Stricken

Transferred in 1999 from the Frontier Guard to the navy. Officially classified as service craft.

In active service.

 Valmet/Laivateollisuus, Turku, Finland

 Finland
   Navy

 Displacement:       65 tons full load
 Dimensions:
      length         87 ft 10 in (26.80 m) overall
      beam           18 ft       ( 5.50 m)
      draft           6 ft  1 in  ( 1.85 m) maximum
 Propulsion:         2 MTU 8V396 TB82 diesels; 2,286
                       total bhp; 2 shafts
 Performance:
      speed          25+ knots
 Manning:            8 (2 Off. + 6 Enl.)
 Combat Systems:
      guns           1 or 2 twin 23-mm/60-cal. Sako AA (provision for)
      radars         1 navigation
      sonar          1 Simrad SS-242, high frequency; hull-mounted;
                       active search

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