ORP Komendant Piłsudski

{{About|the Polish gunboat||Pilsudski (disambiguation)}}

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|Ship country=Imperial Russia

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|Ship country=Nazi Germany

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|Ship name=Heisternest (M 3109)

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|Ship class={{sclass|Filin|guard ship|1}}

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|Ship displacement=342 tons

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|Ship armament=*2 × 75mm 50 caliber Pattern 1892 guns

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ORP Komendant Piłsudski 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 at Ab Crichton in Turku, Finland, for the Imperial Russian Navy. She was bought by the Polish Navy in 1920 and served until scuttled in the Invasion of Poland on September 30, 1939.

Raised by the Germans, she was subsequently renamed Heisternest (M 3109) and served in the Kriegsmarine. Heisternest was sunk in a U.S. bomb raid in Nantes, France, on September 16, 1943.

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