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The Syöksy class motor torpedo boats ((英語:Attack)) was a series of four British Thornycroft type motor torpedo boats of the Finnish Navy. The vessels were constructed in 1928 by the John Thornycroft & Co shipyard in Woolton, UK. The vessels saw service in World War II. The Thornycroft type released its torpedoes by dropping them from rails in the aft. The ship then had to steer away from the torpedoes path, a manoeuvre that could be quite tricky in the close waters of the Gulf of Finland. In 1942, the vessels received individual identification symbols on their superstructures. ''Nuoli'' had the ace of hearts, ''Vinha'' the ace of clubs, ''Syöksy'' the ace of diamonds, and ''Raju'' the ace of spades.〔 ==Combat History== On 6 July 1941 ''Syöksy'' and ''Vinha'' were sortied to intercept a convey of three sailing ships headed for Hanko. In heavy seas the torpedoes did not function reliably and the boats could not hit their targets. Instead ''Syöksy'' dashed past the lead ship and dropped its depth charges in front of it which exploded and sunk the sailing ship. Both Finnish motor torpedo boats escapted unharmed before escorting Soviet ships could respond.〔 On the night between 19 and 20 July 1941 Finnish motor torpedo boats were patrolling of the coast of Estonia when Soviet destroyer opened fire on them. ''Vinha'' was damaged and unable to move but Finns were able to tow it to safety while ''Syöksy'' made repeated torpedo runs towards the destroyer drawing its fire and distracting it.〔〔 On 1 September 1941 ''Syöksy'' and ''Vinha'' were patrolling south of Beryozovye Islands when they came across a pair of Soviet freighters. ''Syöksy'' torpedoed and sunk the lead merchant (S/S ''Meero'', 1866 tons).〔 On 22 September 1941 ''Syöksy'' sunk Soviet minehunter ''T-41'' (''Kirov'') east of Gogland while it was patrolling near the island with ''Vinha''.〔 On 1 October 1941 ''Nuoli'' participated to the sinking of Soviet minehunter though it was the torpedo of ''Sisu'' that sunk the target.〔 ''Syöksy'', ''Vinha'' and ''Vihuri'', as well as a minelaying KM boat participated in the attack on the harbour of Lavansaari on November 18, 1942. ''Syöksy'' managed to torpedo the Soviet gunboat ''Krasnoye Znamya'' (1,760 tons), which sunk.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Syöksy-class motor torpedo boat」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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