Finnish gunboat Karjala
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| Career |  |
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| 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 |
 Finland |
Turunmaa | 1916 |
| Karjala | 1918 | |
 Poland |
General Haller | 1916 |
| Komendant Piłsudski | 1917 |
