Shipbucket

Fantastic work, as usual!

Allrigth, here is next; Pohjanmaa, a combined trainingship-minelayer build in 1979 and served 34 years in our navy to be decomissioned in last year.


Here she is as build, in the orginal fit with bofors 120mm gun and the first models of the SAKO 23mm AA guns


After the Turunmaa class gunboats were phased out from services, training seamen for the 120mm gun became inneserical, so during her refit in 1995-96, she featured the smaller 57mm gun shared with the Helsinki class FACs. During this period she was painted in the overal camoflage pattern.


In 2000's she lost her camoflage paintings, as well as one of the 40mm mounts (it was not carried, though its chasis remained in the quarter deck) Offically for to embark Helicopter operations.


After serving with the international piratehunting fleet in Somalian coast with lot of media attention, she was decommisioned after end of the last years sailing season ended.

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Shipbucket mainsite, aka "The Archive"
New AU project "Aravala"

inner-wha?

ah, unneserical... sometimes I invent own words apparently

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Shipbucket mainsite, aka "The Archive"
New AU project "Aravala"

The word you are searching for is "unnecessary".

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USN components, camouflage colors, & reference links (World War II only)

lovely drawings SIR!

thanks

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Shipbucket mainsite, aka "The Archive"
New AU project "Aravala"

Excellent. Love the camo.

Nice historical rendition and very well drawn

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Work in progress:
DD County Class PNS Babur (1982)(PAK)
FF Type 21 Class D182 PNS Babur (2000)(PAK)
All relevant Coat of Arms

Excellent work. Great to see this thread going.