Nuoli-class gunboat

The Nuoli-class motor gunboats (English: Arrow) was a series of thirteen fast attack craft of the Finnish Navy.

The Nuoli motor gunboats played a very important role in naval training and were in service until the early 90s.

All were equipped with three Soviet-made Zvezda M50 F V-12 four stroke, water cooled diesel engines displacing 62.4 litres.

Finland was forbidden to have torpedo boats after World War II, but the Nuoli class could quickly be converted into such, if need arose.

The trip to Obbnäs was made in heavy weather - the waves were so hard that they damaged the wooden support structure of the bow.

20 mm Madsen autocannon on Nuoli 8
Nuoli 1 with Bofors and Madsen cannon in 1961
Nuoli 8 at speed in 1963
Nuoli 11 moored on the Exeter Ship Canal in 2007