Finnish submarine Iku-Turso

History
Finland
NameIku-Turso
Ordered4 March 1927
BuilderCrichton-Vulcan
Laid down1927
Launched5 May 1931
Commissioned13 October 1931
Decommissioned1946
FateScrapped 1950s
General characteristics
Class and typeVetehinen-class submarine
Displacement493 tonnes surfaced, 716 tonnes submerged
Length63.5 m (208.3 ft)
Beam6.2 m (20.3 ft)
Draft3.6 m (11.8 ft)
PropulsionDiesel-electric, 1,016 hp
Speed12.6 knots (23.3 km/h; 14.5 mph) surfaced, 8.5 knots (15.7 km/h; 9.8 mph) submerged
Range1,575 nmi (2,917 km; 1,812 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced, 75 nmi (139 km; 86 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) submerged
Complement30 men
Armament
  • 4 × 533 mm torpedo tubes, 2 bow, 2 stern (6 torpedoes)
  • 20 mines in vertical shafts
  • 1 × 76 mm/48 Bofors
  • 1 × 20 mm/60 Madsen
  • 1 × 12.7 mm
  • Added in 1942:
  • Depth charge rack (4 depth charges)

Iku-Turso was a 500-tonne Vetehinen-class submarine that served in the Finnish Navy during the Second World War. It was launched in May 1931 and was named after a mythological Finnish sea monster, Iku-Turso. It was built by the Crichton-Vulcan shipyard in Turku according to a project developed by NV Ingenieurskantoor voor Scheepsbouw, "IvS", and was scrapped in 1953.