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'''ORP ''Fala''''' is a [[Poland|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'.  
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'''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).  
 
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]].
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After decommissioning in 1996, ''Fala'' was opened as a museum ship in Kolobrzeg.
  
 
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**12 depth charges (maximum: 24)
 
**12 depth charges (maximum: 24)
  
[[Category:Museum ships in Poland|Fala]]
 
 
[[Category:Ships of the Polish Navy]]
 
[[Category:Ships of the Polish Navy]]
 
[[Category:Cold War patrol vessels|Fala]]
 
[[Category:Cold War patrol vessels|Fala]]
 
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Latest revision as of 18:58, 1 July 2010

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)