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Karjala 1978 Many thanks to Wolfgang Stoehr for additional information on this page.

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Turunmaa	03	381	Wärtsilä, Helsinki	3/1967	11.7.1967	29.8.1968	stricken 1999
Karjala	04	382	Wärtsilä, Helsinki	3/1967	16.8.1967	21.10.1968	stricken 2001

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	650
Displacement normal, t	770
Length, m	70.0 wl 74.0 oa
Breadth, m	7.80
Draught, m	2.40
No of shafts	3
Machinery	CODOG: 1 Olympus TM3B gas turbine / 3 MTU diesels
Power, h. p.	16180 / 4050
Max speed, kts	35 / 17
Fuel, t	diesel oil 120
Endurance, nm(kts)	2500(14)
Armament	1 x 1 - 120/46 Bofors TAK, 2 x 1 - 40/70 Bofors 315, 1 x 2 - 23/81 ZU-23-2, 2 x 5 RBU-1200 ASWRL, 2 DCR, 6 - 103 RFL
Electronic equipment	WM22, nav. radars, sonar
Complement	168

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Project history

Engine exhausts taken astern either side of the quarterdeck to discharge as one 15m astern, thus providing an IR decoy and allowing the ships to steam at 12 kts without using the propellers. 103mm RF launchers were mounted on the main gun mount sides.

Modernizations

1978, both: + 9LV200 Mk 2 radar

1986, both: new sonar, ECM suite

Naval service

No significant events.

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stoehr for additional information on this page.