A hemmema (from `Hämeenmaa`, a now obsolete term term for the Finnish province of Tavastia), refers to a type of warship built for the Swedish archipelago fleet in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The purpose of the hemmema was to combat the Russian navy in the Archipelago Sea and along the coasts of Svealand and Finland. The prolific an.....
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Hemmemas were a Swedish type of warship in use around 1760. Hemmemas had three masts, lateen-rigged and roughly 26 pairs of oars and were designed for use in the shallow channels of the Finnish archipelago. Hemmemas were armed with twenty-four 36 pounder guns and two 12 pounder guns and carried a crew of about 80.
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