Finnish submarine Vesikko
Vesikko is a submarine, which was launched on 10 May 1933 at the Crichton-Vulcan dock in Turku. Until 1936 it was named by its yard number CV 707. Vesikko was ordered by a Dutch engineering company Ingenieurskantoor voor Scheepsbouw in 1930 as a commercial submarine prototype, being the prototype for the German Type II submarines. Purchased by the Finnish before World War II, she saw service in the Winter War and Continuation War, sinking the Soviet merchant ship Vyborg as her only victory. After the cease-fire with the Allies in 1944, Vesikko was retired. Finland was banned from operating submarines after the war and she was kept in storage until she was turned into a museum ship.
Finnish submarine Vesikko
Crew of Vesikko (July 1941)
A view of the submarine as of 2017.
Inside Vesikko in the torpedo room.
Crichton-Vulcan is an abandoned shipyard in Turku, Finland, that once formed the cornerstone of the Finnish shipbuilding industry. The shipyard is best known for the World War II coastal defence ships and submarines it produced.
Wärtsilä Crichton-Vulcan east side premises in 1958.
The three Vetehinen-class submarines side by side in the specially built construction hall
Vesikko, the only Type II submarine left, is on display in Suomenlinna, Helsinki.
The 339 m (1,112 ft) long Freedom of the Seas under construction in Perno, 8 km (5.0 mi) from the old shipyard