August 1963. The Sevastopol. Photo by N. Grigoriev.

Country: Finland.
Class, [Type]: Bay, [FF].

Builder: Charles Hill & Sons, Bristol, U.K.
Launch date: 14 June 1945.
Commission date: 1964.
Decommission date: September 1975.

Displacement ( tons ): 2570 full load.
Dimensions ( metres ): 93,6 x 11,7 x 4.
Main machinery: 1 x 4-cylinder vertical triple expansion reciprocating engines ( 5500 hp ), 2 x Admiralty boilers.
Speed ( knots ): 19,5.
Range ( miles ): 9500 at 12 knots.
Complement: 157.

Guns: 2 x 2 Mk19 100mm, 2 x 2 Bofors 40mm AA, 2 x 2 Oerlikon 20mm AA.
A/S weapons: 1 x 24 Hedgehog; 50 depth charge.

Radars: Air/Surface: Type 291; Fire control: Type 285.
Comment: Ex-HMS Porlock Bay ( K-650 ). Sold to Finland, 19 March 1962.

Year of visit the Black Sea:  1963