ORP General Haller
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image=ORP General Haller.jpg |Ship caption=ORP General Haller (model) }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country=Russian Empire |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Russian Empire|naval}} |Ship name=Vodorez |Ship namesake= |Ship owner= |Ship operator= |Ship ordered= |Ship awarded= |Ship builder=*Ab Crichton
|Ship yard number= |Ship way= |Ship laid down= |Ship launched=1916 |Ship sponsor= |Ship christened= |Ship completed= |Ship acquired= |Ship commissioned= |Ship decommissioned= |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship renamed= |Ship reclassified= |Ship refit= |Ship struck= |Ship reinstated= |Ship homeport= |Ship motto= |Ship nickname= |Ship honours= |Ship honors= |Ship captured= |Ship fate=Sold to Poland, 1921 |Ship notes= |Ship badge= }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header=title |Ship country=Poland |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Poland|naval}} |Ship name=ORP General Haller |Ship namesake=Józef Haller |Ship owner= |Ship acquired=1921 |Ship commissioned= |Ship decommissioned= |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship renamed= |Ship reclassified= |Ship refit= |Ship struck= |Ship reinstated= |Ship homeport= |Ship motto= |Ship nickname= |Ship honours= |Ship honors= |Ship captured= |Ship fate=Sunk, 6 September 1939 |Ship notes= |Ship badge= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship class={{sclass|Filin|guard ship}} |Ship tonnage= |Ship displacement=342 tons |Ship length={{convert|55|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} |Ship beam={{convert|7|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} |Ship draft={{convert|2.9|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} |Ship depth= |Ship hold depth= |Ship ice class= |Ship sail plan= |Ship power= |Ship propulsion= |Ship speed={{Convert|14.5|knot}} |Ship range= |Ship endurance= |Ship test depth= |Ship boats= |Ship capacity= |Ship complement=60 |Ship crew= |Ship time to activate= |Ship troops= |Ship sensors= |Ship EW= |Ship armament=*2 × 75mm 50 caliber Pattern 1892 guns
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ORP General Haller was a {{sclass|Filin|guard ship}}{{cite book |editor1-first=Robert |editor1-last=Gardiner |title=Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921 |year= 1985 |publisher=Conway Maritime Press Ltd. |location=London, England |isbn=0-85177-245-5 |pages=319}} 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 as a result of the bombing of German aircraft.
History
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 Captain 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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