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Finnish minelayer Keihässalmi

Keihässalmi was a minelayer of the Finnish Navy. She was commissioned in 1957 and remained in service until 1994, after which she was turned into a museum ship in .
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: 1957 minelayer
  • Also known as: “FNS Keihässalmi”, “Keihassalmi”, and “Keihässalmi”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include FNS Karjala and Turku Castle.

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The Turunmaa-class fast gunboats was a type of vessel, previously operated by the Finnish Navy in the anti-submarine warfare and trade protection roles. Internationally they were labeled as corvettes.

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is a medieval structure in the city of , . Together with , the castle is one of the oldest buildings still in use in Finland. is situated 360 metres west of Finnish minelayer Keihässalmi.

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is a combination museum and hotel ship docked permanently in Turku, Finland. She was originally built in 1960 by Oskarshamn shipyard, , as the car/passenger ferry SS Bore for Steamship Company Bore, , then the last commercial steam ship built in Scandinavia and the first ferry on the route between Finland and Sweden where cars could drive aboard. is situated 110 metres southwest of Finnish minelayer Keihässalmi.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Korppolaismäki and Pihlajaniemi.

Suburb
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is a district of the city of , in . It is located to the south of the city centre, on the eastern side of the mouth of the river Aura.

Suburb
is a district of the city of , in . It is located to the south of the city centre, on the coastline of the . shares the new luxurious residential development of Majakkaranta with the neighbouring district of .

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Finnish minelayer Keihässalmi

Latitude
60.43561° or 60° 26′ 8″ north
Longitude
22.23522° or 22° 14′ 7″ east
Elevation
15 metres (49 feet)
Inception
1957
Open location code
9GG4C6PP+63
Open­Street­Map ID
way 178299571
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­ship
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­ship
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
12598073
Wiki­data ID
Q5450846
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Satellite Map

Discover Finnish minelayer Keihässalmi from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Czech to Swedish—“Finnish minelayer Keihässalmi” goes by many names.
  • Czech: “Keihässalmi”
  • Finnish: “Keihässalmi”
  • Finnish: “Miinalaiva Keihässalmi”
  • French: “Keihässalmi”
  • Swedish: “Keihässalmi”
  • “Keihässalmi”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Finnish minelayer Keihässalmi”. Photo: Rabbesandelin, CC BY-SA 3.0.