page_title: Nuoli-class fast gunboat
section_title: Vessels of the class
hierarchical_section_title: Nuoli-class fast gunboat / Vessels of the class
caption_attribution_description: English: The small missile boat moored beside a wide stretch of the Exeter Canal is a former part of the Finnish Navy. What is it doing tied up beside Exeter sewage works? A: This is the Nuoli-class fast gunboat no. 11, restored by its owner, Servo Engineering Ltd, Exeter.
context_page_description: The Nuoli-class motor gunboats was a series of thirteen fast attack craft of the Finnish Navy. The ships were constructed in 1961 by Oy Laivateollisuus Ab in Turku, and modernized in 1979. The Nuoli motor gunboats played a very important role in naval training and were in service until the early 90s.
  There are two distinctive versions, 1-10 and 11-13. The former could be distinguished by having a higher superstructure.
  All were equipped with three Soviet-made Zvezda M50 F V-12 four stroke, water cooled diesel engines displacing 62.4 litres. They had a mechanical supercharger and a compressed air starter, developing 1200 hp at 1850 rpm max. There was no separate cruise engine, except from a small auxiliary engine that produced electricity. The vessels were first equipped with large screws, but later changed to smaller, albeit equally effective screws, manufactured by FinnScrew.
  The main armament of the Nuoli class was a Bofors 40 mm gun mounted aft. It was later planned to be equipped with an electrically-controlled Bofors 40/70-system, but limitations of the auxiliary engine prevented this. The forward armament was a Madsen 20/60.
context_section_description: Nuoli 1
  (Pennant number: 31)
  Nuoli 2
  (Pennant number: 32)
  Nuoli 3
  (Pennant number: 33)
  Nuoli 4
  (Pennant number: 34) Scrapped in 1979
  Nuoli 5
  (Pennant number: 35)
  Nuoli 6
  (Pennant number: 36)
  Nuoli 7
  (Pennant number: 37)
  Nuoli 8
  (Pennant number: 38) On display at the Turku Marine Museum
  Nuoli 9
  (Pennant number: 39) Scrapped in 1980
  Nuoli 10
  (Pennant number: 40) In Private ownership berther in Helsinki, Finland.
  Nuoli 11
  (Pennant number: 41) – In private ownership by Servo Engineering Ltd, berthed on the Exeter Ship Canal, UK. A team travelled to Finland to prepare Nuolli 11 for her journey to Exeter. "This involved stripping her hull, filling and repainting, overhauling her main generator for 3-phase power to warm the main engines; these were intact but required all the support systems to be installed including oil tanks, exhaust and fuel systems." The route back to the UK included passing down the Swedish and Danish coasts to enter the Kiel canal. They rested in Germany for a few weeks until the weather had improved in the North Sea, then headed overnight to Harwich. Then she passed through the English Channel and across to Exmouth, finally entering the Exeter canal (pictures at top of page). Sunk at berth and raised, February 2017, awaiting repairs on dockside with serious structural damage to the port side.
  Nuoli 12
  (Pennant number: 42) built in 1964, now in use as "Traditional Boat" in Germany, rebuilt near to origin state, non-profit association "Traditionsschiff NUOLI 12 e.V."
  Nuoli 13
  (Pennant number: 43) – In private ownership in Savonlinna, Finland
caption: Nuoli 11 moored on the Exeter Ship Canal in 2007
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