Helsinki-class missile boat

	Dubrovnik (RTOP-42) in the Lora naval base, August 2011
Class overview
Name	Helsinki
Builders	Wärtsilä Helsinki Shipyard
Operators	Finnish Navy; Croatian Navy;
Preceded by	Tuima-class missile boat
Succeeded by	Rauma-class missile boat
In service	1981–2007 (Finland); 2008– (Croatia);
Completed	4
Active	2
Scrapped	2
General characteristics
Type	Fast attack craft
Displacement	300 tons
Length	45 m (148 ft)
Beam	8.9 m (29 ft)
Draught	3 m (10 ft)
Installed power	3 × MTU 16V 538 TB92; 9,000 kW (combined);
Propulsion	Three shafts
Speed	32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph)
Complement	30
Sensors and ; processing systems	Philips 9LV 225 fire control radar; Saab EOS400 optical director; 9GA 208 Surface search radar; Raytheon ARPA Navigation radar; Simrad SS304 hull mounted sonar; Finnyards Sonac/PTA towed array sonar;
Electronic warfare ; & decoys	Philax chaff and IR flairs; ESM: Argo Systems radar warning system; 6 × 103 mm rails for rocket illuminants;
Armament	1 × Bofors 57 mm/70 Mk1; 2 × Sako twin-barreled 23 mm/87 (modified ZU-23-2); 8 × Saab RBS-15 SSM; 2 × rails for depth charges;

Helsinki-class missile boat (Finnish: Helsinki-luokan ohjusvene) is a class of four fast attack craft built for the Finnish Navy. All the ships were constructed at the Wärtsilä Helsinki Shipyard, Finland, and had Pansio as their homeport.

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