ORP General Haller
ORP General Haller (model)
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 Russian Empire
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| Name: | Vodorez |
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| Launched: | 1916 |
| Fate: | Sold to Poland, 1921 |
 Poland
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| Name: | ORP General Haller |
| Acquired: | 1921 |
| Fate: | Sunk, 6 September 1939 |
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| 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 |
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ORP General Haller was a Filin-class guard ship originally built for the Imperial Russian Navy. She was later acquired by the Polish Navy and served until sunk during the Invasion of Poland on 6 September 1939.
General Haller was built at Ab Crichton in Turku, Finland, for the Imperial Russian Navy. She was bought by the Polish Navy in 1921 and subsequently served as a school ship and minelayer. In Poland she was classified as kanonierka (gunboat).
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.
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