The Uisko class, also known as the Marine Alutech Watercat M11
landing craft
Landing craft are small and medium seagoing watercraft, such as boats and barges, used to convey a landing force ( infantry and vehicles) from the sea to the shore during an amphibious assault. The term excludes landing ships, which are large ...
is a type of vessel in use by the
Finnish Navy
The Finnish Navy ( fi, Merivoimat, sv, Marinen) is one of the branches of the Finnish Defence Forces. The navy employs 2,300 people and about 4,300 conscripts are trained each year. Finnish Navy vessels are given the ship prefix "FNS", short f ...
. It is the predecessor of the
Jurmo class landing craft. Uisko was the first water jet vessel of the Finnish Navy. It features excellent maneuverability and low draft suitable for shallow waters. It can be used for
amphibious assault
Amphibious warfare is a type of Offensive (military), offensive military operation that today uses naval ships to project ground and air power onto a hostile or potentially hostile shore at a designated landing beach. Through history the opera ...
and transport of marine infantry. The uisko has a cargo capacity of 2.5 tons.
Vessels
* U-200 series: U210-U211
* U-300 series: U301-U317
* U-400 series: U400-
* U-600 Series: U601-638 (Jurmo class)
* U-700 series: U700-712 (Jehu class)
See also
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G-class landing craft
The G class, or "G-boat" also known as the Marine Alutech Watercat M8 landing craft ( fi, G-vene, sv, Gruppbåt) is a type of vessel in use by the Finnish Navy and the Swedish Navy. The G-boat was originally designed for the Swedish Navy which o ...
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Jurmo-class landing craft
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Jehu-class landing craft
References
External links
Finnish Defence Forces''Website of The Finnish Defence Forces''
Marine Alutech''Website of Marine Alutech''
Ships of the Finnish Navy
Ships built in Finland
Landing craft
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