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ORP Fala as a museum

AK-230 gun

ORP Fala is a Polish patrol craft of the Project 912 class (NATO: Obluze Class). She was the first ship of a 5-ship series, commissioned in 1965. Of a Polish design, they were built in Gdynia. Fala means 'the wave'.

She initially wore a number: OP-301, then: 321. Initially she served in the Border Brigade of the Polish Navy, then in 1991 she, along with the other 4 ships, was given to the Polish Border Guard (receiving a new livery).

After decommissioning in 1996, Fala was opened as a museum ship in Kolobrzeg.

Data

• displacement: 237 t
• length: 41.35 m
• width: 6.3 m
• draught: 1.84 m
• speed: 24 knots
• armament:
  • two twin automatic 30mm AK-230 guns
  • 12 depth charges (maximum: 24)pl:ORP Fala