Karjala 1940
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Karjala (ex-Ôèëèí [Filin]) | Crichton-Vulcan, Aabo | 1916 | 1918 | 1918 | stricken 1953 | ||
| Turunmaa (ex-Îðëàí [Orlan]) | Crichton-Vulcan, Aabo | 1916 | 1918 | 1918 | stricken 1953 |
Displacement
normal, t 342 Displacement
full, t Length, m 50.1 Breadth, m 6.80 Draught, m 2.30 No of shafts 2 Machinery 2 VTE, 2 boilers Power, h. p. 1150 Max speed, kts 15 Fuel, t coal 50 Armament 2 x 1 - 75/48 Canet, 1 x 1 - 40/39
QF Mk II, 30 mines Complement 48 Project history: Former Russian patrols of
Vodorez class. Class consisted from six ships, incomplete to the revolution beginning. After revolution
they all were captured by Finns. In 1921 Lun' and Vodorez were sold to Poland, Gorlitsa and Sova
broken up, and Filin and Orlan were completed for Finnish Navy as Karjala and Turunmaa (originally Lun` and Vodorez
were named so) and rated as gunboats. Modernizations: early 1940s, both: - 1 x 1 -
40/39; + 3 x 1 - 20/60 Madsen.
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Endurance, nm(kts)
700(15)
Naval service: Turunmaa 2.5.1943 at Haapassaari was hard damaged by Soviet aircraft, stranded under tow and masked. She was commissioned again in October, 1943. After war both were used as minesweepers in Gulf of Finland and BU in 1953.
Turunmaa
Karjala
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