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Helsinki sub-region
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Finnish submarine Vesikko

Vesikko is a submarine, which was launched on 10 May 1933 at the Crichton-Vulcan dock in . Until 1936 it was named by its yard number CV 707. Vesikko was ordered by a engineering company Ingenieurskantoor voor Scheepsbouw in 1930 as a commercial submarine prototype, being the prototype for the German Type II submarines.
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  • Opening hours: May—September 11:00 AM—6:00 PM
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: Finnish submarine museum ship
  • Also known as: “Vesikko”
  • Address: B 79, Suomenlinna, Helsinki, 00190
  • Wheelchair access: no
Photo: Lee Vilenski, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Military Museum of Finland and Ehrensvärd Museum.

Museum
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The is the central museum of the Finnish Defence Forces and the national special museum of military history. It is located in and it is part of the Finnish National Defence University. is situated 360 metres north of Finnish submarine Vesikko.

Museum
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is situated 290 metres northwest of Finnish submarine Vesikko.

Prison
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The is an open prison in , , , founded in 1971. It was previously known as the Suomenlinna penal colony. The prison is located at the southern tip of the island of Iso-Mustasaari. is situated 210 metres northeast of Finnish submarine Vesikko.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Suomenlinna and Kaivopuisto.

Suburb
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South Helsinki is in this guide defined as the part of south of the Esplanadi and Bulevardi streets. It also includes the archipelago south of Helsinki, such as the islands.

Suburb
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, nicknamed Kaivari in Finnish or Brunsan in Swedish, is one of the oldest and best known in central , , and also a neighbourhood of about 500 inhabitants where the park is located.

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is in this guide defined as the part of south of the Esplanadi and Bulevardi streets. It also includes the archipelago south of Helsinki, such as the Suomenlinna islands.

Finnish submarine Vesikko

Latitude
60.14256° or 60° 8′ 33″ north
Longitude
24.9896° or 24° 59′ 23″ east
Inception
1933
Open location code
9GG64XVQ+2R
Open­Street­Map ID
way 123034962
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­ship
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­no
Geo­Names ID
12670244
Wiki­data ID
Q1312530
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Finnish submarine Vesikko” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “欧洲水鼬号潜艇”
  • Chinese: “韦西科号潜艇”
  • Czech: “Vesikko”
  • Dutch: “Vesikko”
  • Finnish: “CV-707”
  • Finnish: “Sukellusvene Vesikko”
  • Finnish: “Vesikko”
  • French: “Vesikko”
  • German: “Vesikko”
  • Italian: “Vesikko”
  • Japanese: “ヴェシッコ”
  • Polish: “Vesikko”
  • Russian: “Vesikko”
  • Russian: “Весикко (подводная лодка)”
  • Russian: “Весикко”
  • Slovenian: “Vesikko”
  • Spanish: “Vesikko”
  • Swedish: “Ubåten Vesikko”
  • Swedish: “Vesikko”
  • Ukrainian: “Vesikko (підводний човен)”
  • Ukrainian: “Vesikko”
  • “Vesikko”

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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 submarine Vesikko”. Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.