The ''Kiisla'' class was a Finnish class of two

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s later converted to

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vessels. The ships were built in 1984 and 1988 at the Hollming shipyard in

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for the Finnish Coast Guard. They were transferred to the

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in 2004. The two vessels of the class formed the Guard Squadron ( fi, Vartioviirikkö) of the 7th Missile Boat Flotilla and they were based at

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. After only a few years in service in the Finnish Navy, the ''Kiisla''-class patrol boats were laid up and offered for sale. In January 2013, the Finnish shipowner Joakim Håkans proposed that the unused vessels should be donated to

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, where they would be used for anti-

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patrols. On 10 July 2013, it was announced that as no sufficient buyer had been found, ''Kiisla'' and ''Kurki'' would be scrapped and salvaged parts used as spares for other vessels of the Finnish Navy. The ships were

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in 2015.Kiislan & Kurjen purkutyö
Western Shipyard, 20 January 2016.

Vessels of the class

* ''Kiisla'' (50) * ''Kurki'' (51)

References

{{Commonscat, Kiisla class patrol craft Ships of the Finnish Navy