ORP General Haller

ORP General Haller (model)
Career (Imperial Russia)
Builder:	Crichton-Vulcan naval yard Turku, Finland
Launched:	1916
Fate:	Sold to Poland, 1921
Career (Poland)
Name:	ORP General Haller
Acquired:	1921
Fate:	Sunk, 6 September 1939
General characteristics
Class and type:	Filin class guard ship
Displacement:	342 tons
Length:	55 m (180 ft 5 in)
Beam:	7 m (23 ft 0 in)
Draft:	2.9 m (9 ft 6 in)
Speed:	14.5 knots (26.9 km/h; 16.7 mph)
Complement:	60
Armament:	2 × 3 in (76 mm) guns 4 × machine guns 30 × mines

ORP General Haller was a Filin-class guard ship^[1] originally built for the Imperial Russian Navy. She was later acquired by the Polish Navy and served until sunk in the Polish Defensive War on 6 September 1939.

History

General Haller was built at Crichton-Vulcan naval yard in Turku, Finland, for the Imperial Russian Navy. She was bought by the Polish Navy in 1921 and she served as a school ship and minelayer.

On 1 September 1939, under the command of Stanisław Mieszkowski, General Haller was patrolling the port of Gdynia, where she was damaged in air attacks. On 2 September, the gunboat was sent to the naval port at Hel. There she was turned into a floating battery, until on 3 September, after major bomb damage, all the guns were stripped and added to the defences on land. She was left floating until she was sunk on 6 September.

References

1. ^ Gardiner, Robert, ed (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906-1921. London, England: Conway Maritime Press Ltd.. pp. 319. ISBN 0-85177-245-5.