sentences:  "Karjala" was named after the Finnic cultural region of Karelia.Like her sister ship , she served as cadet training vessel during peacetime and was nicknamed as "Kurjala" (place of misery) by cadets.From summer of 1919 "Karjala" amongst other Finnish naval vessels was tasked with security and patrol duties the Koivisto region where the British naval detachment was located.