ORP Fala

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

ORP Fala as a museum ship in Kołobrzeg
History
Poland
Name	ORP Fala
Builder	Gdynia
Commissioned	1965
Decommissioned	1996
Fate	Museum ship, Kołobrzeg
General characteristics
Class and type	Project 912 class patrol craft
Displacement	237 long tons (241 t)
Length	41.35 m (135.7 ft)
Beam	6.3 m (21 ft)
Draught	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Speed	24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph)
Armament	2 × twin automatic 30mm AK-230 guns 12 × depth charges (maximum: 24)

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 four 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, as part of the Muzeum Oręża Polskiego exhibition.

AK-230 gun

References

• Jarosław Ciślak (in Polish): Polska Marynarka Wojenna 1995 (Polish Navy 1995), Warsaw 1995, ISBN 83-86776-08-0
• Robert Rochowicz (in Polish): Historia "912-ek" - patrolowców i ścigaczy (Story of the 912s - patrol and ASW craft), in: Morza, Statki i Okręty nr. 5/2004

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