Finnish motor torpedo boat Hurja
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The name Hurja have been used for several vessels of the Finnish Navy
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Finnish Navy
The Finnish Navy is one of the branches of the Finnish Defence Forces. The Navy employs 2,300 people and about 4,300 conscripts are trained each year. Finnish Navy vessels are given the ship prefix "FNS" simply short for "Finnish Navy Ship"...
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- Hurja was the second ship of the Sisu class motor torpedo boatSisu class motor torpedo boatThe Sisu class motor torpedo boats was a series of two Italian M.A.S. type motor torpedo boats of the Finnish Navy. The vessels were constructed in 1916 by the Orlando shipyard in Livorno, Italy. Sisu and Hurja were purchased by the Finns in 1920, and saw service in World War II...
s, delivered in 1922. - Hurja was the lead ship of the Hurja class motor torpedo boatHurja class motor torpedo boatThe Hurja class motor torpedo boats or H class was an Italian-designed class of Finnish motor torpedo boats, seeing service with the Finnish Navy during World War II....
s, delivered in 1943.