Finnish minelayer Riilahti

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Riilahti in 1942
History
Finland
Name	Riilahti
Namesake	Battle of Riilahti (1714)
Builder	Wärtsilä Crichton-Vulcan
Launched	14 December 1940
Fate	Torpedoed and sunk 23 August 1943
General characteristics
Class and type	Ruotsinsalmi-class
Displacement	310 t
Length	50.0 m (164.0 ft)
Beam	7.9 m (26 ft)
Draught	1.5 m (4 ft 11 in)
Propulsion	2 × MAN diesel (894 kW) later 2 × Rateau diesel (835 kW)
Speed	15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Armament	[design] 1× 75 mm gun 1× 40 mm Bofors gun 2× 20 mm Madsen anti-aircraft cannons depth charge launchers 3× rails for 100 mines Smoke generators

Riilahti was a Ruotsinsalmi class minelayer of the Finnish Navy. Riilahti was commissioned in 1940 and sunk in 1943. The vessel was named after the battle of Riilahti, which was fought between Sweden and Russia in 1714.