| ORP Komendant Piłsudski | |
|---|---|
| Career (Imperial Russia) |  |
| Builder: |
Ab Crichton naval yard Turku, Finland |
| Launched: | January 24, 1917 |
| Fate: | Sold to Poland, 1920 |
| Career (Poland) |  |
| Name: | ORP Komendant Piłsudski |
| Acquired: | 1921 |
| Fate: | Sunk, September 30, 1939 |
| Career (Nazi Germany) |  |
| Name: | Heisternest (M 3109) |
| Acquired: | raised after September 30, 1939 |
| Fate: | Sunk, September 16, 1943 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & 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 |
| Armament: |
2 × 3 in (76 mm) guns 4 × machine guns 30 × mines |
ORP Komendant Piłsudski was a Filin-class guard ship[1] originally built at Ab Crichton naval yard in Turku, Finland, for the Imperial Russian Navy. She was bought by the Polish Navy in 1920 and served until sunk 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.
References[]
- ↑ Gardiner, Robert, ed (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906-1921. London, England: Conway Maritime Press Ltd.. pp. 319. ISBN 0-85177-245-5.
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