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Saukko, a 99t "project lilliput" as dubbed by I.v.S, she was propably the smallest operational submarine of her era, not disminished as midget submarine. The idea behind her was to be operate on Lake Laatokka, as the 1920 Tarto peace treaty forbid warship over 100t to be deployed there, and overally as how suitable really small submarines would be in Finnish archipelago as there were no first hand operational experiences of such by anyone, and much of the Finnish submarine opertions in early days were somewhat blindfold experimenting, what could be done. Saukko was designed to be cut in half, to be transported to Laatokka via land, as no navigatable waterway existed at those days inside Finnish borders. Eventually she was bit of dissapointment, as her engines were borne to maulfunction and never achieved the operational levels desired. She was also a slow diver and bad seaboat, which did not improve her functionality. Still she remained in comission, fought the war, but had little to no success in the mainrole of submarines. During the war, in 1941 she get to launch her torpedo once in anger against two Russian patrol ships at Sommeri Pierside, but the torpedo ignited on the tube allready and fused the little boat with its exhaust gas, knocking out most of the crew with asphyxia.

Description
Saukko, a 99t "project lilliput" as dubbed by I.v.S, she was propably the smallest operational submarine of her era, not disminished as midget submarine. The idea behind her was to be operate on Lake Laatokka, as the 1920 Tarto peace treaty forbid warship over 100t to be deployed there, and overally as how suitable really small submarines would be in Finnish archipelago as there were no first hand operational experiences of such by anyone, and much of the Finnish submarine opertions in early days were somewhat blindfold experimenting, what could be done. Saukko was designed to be cut in half, to be transported to Laatokka via land, as no navigatable waterway existed at those days inside Finnish borders. Eventually she was bit of dissapointment, as her engines were borne to maulfunction and never achieved the operational levels desired. She was also a slow diver and bad seaboat, which did not improve her functionality. Still she remained in comission, fought the war, but had little to no success in the mainrole of submarines. During the war, in 1941 she get to launch her torpedo once in anger against two Russian patrol ships at Sommeri Pierside, but the torpedo ignited on the tube allready and fused the little boat with its exhaust gas, knocking out most of the crew with asphyxia.