ORP General Haller
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| Career (Imperial Russia) |  |
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| 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: | Turunmaa-class gunboat |
| Displacement: | 342 tons |
| Length: | 55 m (180 ft 5 in) |
| Beam: | 7 m (22 ft 12 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 Turunmaa-class gunboat 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.
[edit] 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 Staniław Mieskiego, 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 left floating until she was sunk on 6 September.
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