Finnish submarine Vesihiisi

Finnish submarine Vesihiisi

Vesihiisi was a Finnish 500 tonne Vetehinen class submarine that was constructed in the early 1930s and who served in the Finnish Navy during the second World War.

On 21 October, 1942 she torpedoed and sank the Soviet S class submarine S-7 south-west of Åland. [ [http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/5092.html uboat.net on the S-7] ]

ubmarines of the class

*"Vetehinen"
*"Vesihiisi"
*"Iku-Turso"

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