Vesikko
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Vesikko is a submarine, which was launched on 10 May 1933 at the Crichton-Vulcan dock in Turku. Until 1936 it was named by its yard number CV 707. Vesikko was ordered by a Dutch engineering company Ingenieurskantoor voor Scheepsbouw in 1930 as a commercial submarine prototype, being the prototype for the German Type II submarines. Purchased by the Finnish before World War II, she saw service in the Winter War and Continuation War, sinking the Soviet merchant ship Vyborg as her only victory. After the cease-fire with the Allies in 1944, Vesikko was retired. Finland was banned from operating submarines after the war and she was kept in storage until she was turned into a museum ship.
1936
Wikimedia, Wikidata
Finnish submarine Vesikko
Finnish Navy, Turku shipyard,
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Location: 60.1425, 24.9897, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
8 places
| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| class | watercraft | Iosif Stalin-class passenger ship | passenger vessel, ship | Wikidata | |
| event | armed conflict | bombing of Helsinki in Winter War | aerial bombing of a city | Wikidata | |
| event | armed conflict | 1713 | Battle of Helsinki | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1808 | Siege of Sveaborg | siege, naval battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1855 | Battle of Suomenlinna | Second French Empire, battle, Russian Empire, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1906 | Sveaborg Rebellion | rebellion | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1918 | Battle of Tikkurila | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1918 | Battle of Helsinki | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1941 | bombing of Helsinki in Continuation War | aerial bombing of a city | Wikidata |
| object | watercraft | Königin Luise | motor ship | Wikidata | |
| organisation | arms industry | 1997 | Patria | business, enterprise, arms industry | Wikidata |
| organisation | factory | 1951 | Valmet | enterprise, shipyard, shipbuilding, business, metal industry | Wikidata |
| organisation | shipbuilding | 1952 | Rauma-Repola | wood industry, metal industry, shipbuilding, business, enterprise | Wikidata |
| site | artillery battery | Kuivasaari | artillery battery, island | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | 24 warehouse shelters | bunker | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Alexander Battery | battery, barracks, bunker | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Battery 1 | bunker | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | warehouse shelters | bunker | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | 1897 | Suomenlinna B 26a | architectural structure, bunker | Wikidata |
| site | bunker | 1900 | cavern luola, 1900 (5) | bunker | Wikidata |
| site | bunker | 1937 | protective structure, originally a casemate for a kerosene engine, 1937 | bunker | Wikidata |
| site | bunker | 1978 | Ruoholahti air-raid shelter | Alko, air-raid shelter, tunnel | Wikidata |
| site | bunker | 1993 | Itäkeskus swimming hall | underground structure, swimming center, bunker | Wikidata |
| site | fort | Crownwork Ehrensvärd | fortress | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Isosaari Fortress | fort | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Krepost Sveaborg | fortress | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | 1747 | Ulricasborg | fort | Wikidata |
| site | fort | 1748 | Suomenlinna | Ehrensvärd Society, fortress island, sea fort, fortress | Wikidata |
| site | fort | 1753 | Bastion, caponier and cavalier Hamilton | star fort | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 1929 | Military Museum of Finland | specialised museum in Finland, military museum | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 1936 | Vesikko | preserved watercraft, museum ship, submarine | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 1967 | Anti-Aircraft Museum | specialised museum in Finland, military museum | Wikidata |
| commons | image | U boat vesikko suomenlinna | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Vesikkoa | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Vesikko suomenlinnassa talvella | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Crichton-Vulcan, submarine CV-707 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Vesikko submarine in Suomenlinna; Helsinki, Finland, 2024 June | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Vesikko | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Vesikko in June 2022 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Vesikko's crew | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Selfie with Vessiko museum Submarine. | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Suomenlinna, submarine Vesikko | Commons | ||








