VTV-1 (with an initialism for ) was originally a Soviet Type 1125BKA armoured motor gunboat with the designation No. 215. It was captured by Finnish troops in 1941, after it had been damaged by artillery fire and beached by its crew. The Finns swiftly repaired the ship, and VTV-1 took part in a reconnaissance-in-force aimed at the island of Sommers in October 1941.
VTV-1 was transferred to Lake Onega in June 1942. It was the only ship of the Finnish Onega Flotilla that could truly be considered a match for any of the opposing Soviet naval vessels on the lake. Once Finnish forces started withdrawing from Onega VTV-1 was transported by rail to Finland. The ship was returned to the Soviet Union in 1944.
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