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| Russia at War The Largest military conflict in history including Finland, Barbarossa, Stalingrad, Kursk to the Battle for Berlin |
June 4th, 2006, 03:20 PM
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In the summer of 1942, the S7 sank the Swedish cargo ships Margareta and Luleå, delivering iron to Germany. Shortly after, the sub was cruising on the surface at night, off the Swedish coast not far from Norrtälje, when she was spotted by the Finnish sub Vesihiisi. The Vesihiisi fired one torpedo and the S7 sank quickly.
Four survivors who were standing in the conning tower were rescued by the Finnish sub. They were taken prisoners. Among them was the commander Sergey Lisin.
In July 1998, the S7 was located with side scan sonar on 40-45 m depth off Söderarm in the Stockholm archipelago.
http://www.abc.se/~pa/uwa/s7.htm
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That is interesting KP. I missed this post somehow until now. I did not even know Finland had submarines or a navy in WWII !
Do you have any other stories about them ?
Do you have submarines today ?
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June 9th, 2006, 03:58 AM
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I found this on Finlands five submarines. The cold weather was hard on the boats !
http://users.tkk.fi/~jaromaa/Navygal...subpatrols.htm
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This site has two pictures of Finland's subs and a sailor cutting hay. 
http://users.tkk.fi/~jaromaa/Navygal...rines-cont.htm
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The Finns had 1 coastal defense battleship, the Väinämöinen, 2 ex-German gunboats Uusimaa and Hämeenmaa a third gunboat Karjala, 5 submarines Wesikko, Vetehinen, Vesihiisi, Iku-Turso and, Saukko. They also had a number of smaller vessels like minelayers, MTBs and, similar craft.
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June 9th, 2006, 08:35 AM
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Thanx Guys!
I think the Finnish Navy stories are quite well put there in the site you have in your posting, TA! After WW2 we were not allowed to have any subs so they were either given to the USSR, turned into museum pieces or destroyed by ourselves.
Great Knowledge, T.A.! We also had a sistership to Väinämöinen, called Ilmarinen, which sank in Sept 1941 due to a mine.
Pics:
http://www.warship.get.net.pl/Finlan...en_photos.html
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