sentences:  On 29 August "Karjala" together with her sister ship , and gunboats "Hämeenmaa" and were escorted by and through the main Soviet mine barrier south of Hanko to the eastern Gulf of Finland.While returning with "Uusimaa" from escorting a troop ship on 3 September "Karjala" was bombed by German Heinkel He 111 bomber near Koivisto.Though the aircraft scored no direct hits the shocks from several near-misses forced "Karjala" to undergo repairs at a shipyard.