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{{Infobox ship image
|Ship image=Uusimaa.gif
|Ship caption=Sketch of ''Uusimaa''
}}
{{Infobox ship class overview
| Builders=[[Kone- ja Siltarakennus|Kone ja Silta Oy]], [[Helsinki]], [[Finland]]; [[Sandvikens Skeppsdocka och Mekaniska Verkstad]], [[Helsinki, Finland]]
| Operators=* [[Imperial Russian Navy]]
* [[Imperial German Navy]]
* [[Finnish Navy]]
* [[Chilean Navy]]
| Built range=1916–1919
| In commission range=1916–?
| Total ships completed=6
| Total ships lost=?
| Total ships scrapped=At least 2
}}
{{Infobox ship characteristics
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| Ship type=[[Gunboat]]
| Ship displacement=400 tons
| Ship length={{convert|52|m|abbr=on}}
| Ship beam={{convert|7.5|m|abbr=on}}
| Ship draft={{convert|3.4|m|abbr=on}}
| Ship power={{convert|1400|shp|abbr=on}}
| Ship propulsion=
| Ship speed={{convert|15|kn}}
| Ship complement=73
| Ship armament='''Golub'''-class:{{Unbulleted list| list_style = margin-left: 1em;|2 × [[102mm 60 caliber Pattern 1911|102 mm cannon]] (Obuhov 102/60)|1 × 40 mm gun AA|3 × machine guns<ref name="conway"/>}}'''Uusimaa''' in 1944:{{Unbulleted list| list_style = margin-left: 1em;|2 × 105 mm (105/45)|2 × 40 mm [[Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60|Bofors]] AA|3 × 20 mm [[Madsen 20 mm anti-aircraft cannon|Madsen]] AA|2 × DC mortar (SPH/37)|40 mines<ref name="kij"/>}}
| Ship notes=
}}
|}

'''''Golub''-class guard ships'''<ref name="conway">{{cite book |editor1-first=Robert |editor1-last=Gardiner  |title=Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906-1921 |year= 1985 |publisher=Conway Maritime Press Ltd. |location=London, England |isbn=0-85177-245-5 |pages=319}}</ref> were originally built as minelayers and netlayers for the [[Imperial Russian Navy]]. Two of the ships were captured by the Germans at [[Tallinn]] in 1918 and were given to Finland in 1920. Four more were completed in 1919 and sold via Germans to Chilean Navy (eventually named as ''Colocolo'', ''Leucoton'', ''Elicura'', and ''Orompello'').<ref name="auv">{{cite book |last1=Auvinen |first1=Visa |title=Leijonalippu merellä |trans-title=Lion flag at sea |year= 1983 |publisher=Satakunnan Kirjapaino Oy |location=Pori, Finland |language=Finnish |isbn=951-95781-1-0 |pages=31–32}}</ref><ref name="conway">{{cite book |editor1-first=Robert |editor1-last=Gardiner  |title=Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906-1921 |year= 1985 |publisher=Conway Maritime Press Ltd. |location=London, England |isbn=0-85177-245-5 |pages=319}}</ref>

The ships had fairly good seagoing abilities and were stable platforms. It was especially well suited for heavy minesweeping duties.<ref name="auv"/><ref name="kij">{{cite book |last1=Kijanen |first1=Kalervo |title=Suomen Laivasto 1918–1968, II |trans-title=Finnish Navy 1918–1968, part II |year= 1968 |publisher=Meriupseeriyhdistys/Otavan Kirjapaino |location=Helsinki, Finland |language=Finnish |chapter=Erikoistietoja Suomen Laivastovoimien Aluksista |trans-chapter=Special information on the Ships of the Finnish Navy}}</ref>

==Golub class==
{|class="wikitable"
!'''Ship'''!!'''Launched'''!!'''Commission'''!!'''Owner'''!!'''Fate'''
|-
|[[File:Naval Ensign of Russia.svg|20px]] ''Golub''<br>[[File:War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg|20px]] ''Beo''<br>[[Image:Military Flag of Finland.svg|20px]] [[Finnish gunboat Uusimaa|''Uusimaa'']]
|{{Date table sorting|1917}}
|[[File:Naval Ensign of Russia.svg|20px]] 1917-1918<br>[[File:War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg|20px]] 1918-1920<br>[[Image:Military Flag of Finland.svg|20px]] 1920-1952
|[[File:Naval Ensign of Russia.svg|25px|Imperial Russian Navy Ensign]] [[Imperial Russian Navy]]<br>[[File:War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg|25px|Imperial German Navy Ensign]][[Imperial German Navy]]<br>[[Image:Military Flag of Finland.svg|25px|Finnish Navy Ensign]] [[Finnish Navy]]
|[[File:Naval Ensign of Russia.svg|20px]] Captured by Germans 1918<br>[[File:War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg|20px]] Given over to Finland 1920<br>[[Image:Military Flag of Finland.svg|20px]] Sold for scrap 1953
|-
|[[File:Naval Ensign of Russia.svg|20px]] ''Pingvin''<br>[[File:War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg|20px]] ''Wulf''<br>[[Image:Military Flag of Finland.svg|20px]] [[Finnish gunboat Hämeenmaa|''Hämeenmaa'']]
|{{Date table sorting|1917}}
|[[File:Naval Ensign of Russia.svg|20px]] 1917-1918<br>[[File:War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg|20px]] 1918-1920<br>[[Image:Military Flag of Finland.svg|20px]] 1920-1952
|[[File:Naval Ensign of Russia.svg|25px|Imperial Russian Navy Ensign]] [[Imperial Russian Navy]]<br>[[File:War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg|25px|Imperial German Navy Ensign]][[Imperial German Navy]]<br>[[Image:Military Flag of Finland.svg|25px|Finnish Navy Ensign]] [[Finnish Navy]]
|[[File:Naval Ensign of Russia.svg|20px]] Captured by Germans 1918<br>[[File:War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg|20px]] Given over to Finland 1920<br>[[Image:Military Flag of Finland.svg|20px]] Sold for scrap 1953
|-
|[[Chilean minelayer Colo Colo (1917)|''Colo Colo'']]
|1919
| - 
|[[Image:Flag of Chile.svg|25px|Chilean Navy Ensign]] [[Chilean Navy]]
|Laid down as Russian ''Chibis''
|-
|''Leucoton''
|1919
| - 
|[[Image:Flag of Chile.svg|25px|Chilean Navy Ensign]] [[Chilean Navy]]
|Laid down as Russian ''Strizh''
|-
|''Elicura''
|1919
| - 
|[[Image:Flag of Chile.svg|25px|Chilean Navy Ensign]] [[Chilean Navy]]
|Laid down as Russian ''Kulik''
|-
|''Orompello''
|1919
| - 
|[[Image:Flag of Chile.svg|25px|Chilean Navy Ensign]] [[Chilean Navy]]
|Laid down as Russian ''Bekas''
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{WWII Finnish ships}}
[[Category:Gunboat classes]]
[[Category:Mine warfare vessel classes]]
[[Category:Ships of the Chilean Navy]]
[[Category:Gunboats of the Imperial Russian Navy]]