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
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| History | |
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| 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) |
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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.
References
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- 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