Finnish gunboat Karjala

	Karjala in June 1941.
History
Finland
Name	Karjala
Builder	Ab Crichton, Turku, Finland
Commissioned	1918 (Finnish Navy)
Fate	Scrapped in 1953
General characteristics
Class and type	Filin-class guard ship
Displacement	342 tons
Length	50 m (160 ft)
Beam	6.9 m (23 ft)
Draft	2.9 m (9.5 ft)
Propulsion	two Normand boilers, 860 kW
Speed	15 knots (28 km/h)
Range	700 nautical miles (1,300 km) at 15 knots
Complement	1930: 48; 1942: 63;
Armament	In 1920s: 2 × 75 mm; 12 mines; In 1939: 2 × 75 mm/50; 2 × 20 mm Madsen AA; 2 × machine gun; 2 × DC mortar (SPH/37); 30 mines; In 1944: 2 × 75 mm/50; 3 × 20 mm Madsen AA; 1 × 12.7 mm machine gun; 2 × DC mortar (SPH/43); 30 mines;

Karjala (ex-Filin) was a Finnish gunboat, built in 1918 at Ab Crichton shipyard in Turku. She served in the Finnish Navy during World War II. Karjala was named after the Finnic cultural region of Karelia. Like her sister ship Turunmaa, she served as cadet training vessel during peacetime and was nicknamed as Kurjala (place of misery) by cadets.^[4]

^ Gardiner (1985), p. 319.
^ Kijanen (1968a), p. 111.
^ ^a ^b Kijanen (1968b), Supplement I.
^ Auvinen (1983), pp. 34–35.

[FOOTNOTEGardiner1985319-1] Gardiner (1985), p. 319.

[FOOTNOTEKijanen1968a111-2] Kijanen (1968a), p. 111.

[FOOTNOTEKijanen1968bSupplement_I-3] Kijanen (1968b), Supplement I.

[FOOTNOTEAuvinen198334–35-4] Auvinen (1983), pp. 34–35.

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History
Karjala in June 1941.
Finland
Name	Karjala
Builder	Ab Crichton, Turku, Finland
Commissioned	1918 (Finnish Navy)
Fate	Scrapped in 1953
General characteristics
Class and type	Filin-class guard ship^[1]
Displacement	342 tons
Length	50 m (160 ft)
Beam	6.9 m (23 ft)
Draft	2.9 m (9.5 ft)
Propulsion	two Normand boilers, 860 kW
Speed	15 knots (28 km/h)
Range	700 nautical miles (1,300 km) at 15 knots
Complement	1930: 48 1942: 63
Armament	In 1920s: 2 × 75 mm 12 mines^[2] In 1939: 2 × 75 mm/50 2 × 20 mm Madsen AA 2 × machine gun 2 × DC mortar (SPH/37) 30 mines^[3] In 1944: 2 × 75 mm/50 3 × 20 mm Madsen AA 1 × 12.7 mm machine gun 2 × DC mortar (SPH/43) 30 mines^[3]