Turunmaa Class Finnish Navy Corvette
Turunmaa may refer to: * Ã…boland or Turunmaa, a current region of Finland * Finnish gunboat ''Turunmaa'' * Turunmaa class gunboat See also * Turuma A turuma (from the Finnish word "Turunmaa") was a type of warship built for the Swedish archipelago fleet in the late 18th century. It was specifically developed for warfare in the Archipelago Sea and along the coasts of Svealand and Finland. Th ...

Ã…boland
Åboland ( fi, Turunmaa) is a sub-region in the archipelago of the Southwest Finland region in south-western Finland. Åboland and Turunmaa are also informal names of the region, but in this context Särkisalo ( sv, Finby) is normally included and in the Finnish name Turunmaa also the northern Finnish-speaking part of the archipelago. Whether e.g. Kaarina should be included is unclear. Historically also the inland was included. The sub-region consists of the majority Finland-Swedish former municipalities of Dragsfjärd, Houtskär, Iniö, Kimito, Korpo, Nagu, Pargas, and Västanfjärd, all of which are located in the archipelago around the city of Turku ( sv, Åbo), in the Archipelago Sea. The sub-region has a population of 22,774 (2004), of which 63.6% are Swedish-speakers. It is one of the major concentrations of Swedish-speakers in the country, together with coastal Ostrobothnia, southern Nylandia, and Åland. The only city in the sub-region was Pargas, which accounts fo ...
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Finnish Gunboat Turunmaa
''Turunmaa'' was a Finnish gunboat built in 1918. She served in the Finnish Navy during World War II. The ship was named after ''Turuma'', a type of frigate designed for use in shallow waters of the archipelago and served in the Swedish Archipelago fleet in the late 18th century. The frigates had in turn been named after the region of Finland. During construction while in Russian lists (1916–1917) the ship had been named both ''Orlan'' and ''Tshirok''. ''Turunmaa'' was built in Helsinki for the Imperial Russian Navy but was taken over by Finnish troops in the Finnish Civil War. The ship was used as a training ship for Finnish sea cadets during peacetime and was nicknamed as ''Surunmaa'' (land of sorrow). Interwar period In the second half of 1919, ''Turunmaa'', amongst other Finnish naval vessels, was tasked with security and patrol duties in the Koivisto region where the British naval detachment was located. On 4 September 1939, ''Turunmaa'' as part of the Coastal Fleet ...
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Turunmaa Class Gunboat
The ''Turunmaa''-class fast gunboats ( Finnish: ''Turunmaa''-luokan tykkivene) was a type of vessel, previously operated by the Finnish Navy in the anti-submarine warfare (ASW) and trade protection roles. Internationally they were labeled as corvettes. History Development of the class started in 1963. Five hull designs and over thirty propulsion variants were looked at during development. At the time, the electronics of the vessels, and the propulsion system were state of the art and attracted international attention. Both vessels were built by Wärtsilä's Hietalahti shipyard in Helsinki. In 1985–86 both ships were refitted, and the entire fire-control and communications systems were updated. ''Karjala'' has been berthed since 2002 at the maritime museum ''Forum Marinum'' in Turku as a museum ship next to Suomen Joutsen. ''Turunmaa'' was stripped of armaments and served as a floating machine shop and training ship for Satakunta Polytechnics. Currently ''Turunmaa'' is b ...
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