Finnish gunboat Karjala

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Career
Name: Karjala
Commissioned: 1918 (Finnish Navy)
Fate: Scrapped in 1953
General characteristics
Class and type: Gorlitsa class gunboat
Displacement: 342 tons
Length: 50 metres (160 ft)
Beam: 6.9 metres (23 ft)
Draft: 2.9 metres (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: two 75mm/50
one 40mm AA
three 20mm AA
two DP mortars
30 mines

Karjala (ex-Filin) was a Finnish gunboat, built in 1918 by Chrichton AB in Turku. She served in the Finnish Navy during World War II.

[edit] Ships of the class

Country Name Year
Flag of Finland Finland Turunmaa 1916
Karjala 1918
Flag of Poland Poland General Haller 1916
Komendant Piłsudski 1917
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