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'''ORP ''Fala''''' is a Polish [[patrol craft]] of the [[Project 912 class]] ([[NATO]]: ''Obluze'' Class). She was the first ship of a five-ship series, commissioned in 1965. Of a Polish design, they were built in [[Gdynia]]. ''Fala'' means 'the wave'.

She initially wore a number: ''OP-301'', then: ''321''. Initially she served in the Border Brigade of the [[Polish Navy]], then in 1991 she, along with the other four ships, was given to the [[Polish Border Guard]] (receiving a new livery).

After decommissioning in 1996, ''Fala'' was opened as a [[museum ship]] in [[Kolobrzeg]], as part of the [[Muzeum Oręża Polskiego]] exhibition.

[[Image:AK230_Fala.jpg|left|thumb|AK-230 gun]]
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==References==
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*Jarosław Ciślak (in Polish): ''Polska Marynarka Wojenna 1995'' (Polish Navy 1995), Warsaw 1995, {{ISBN|83-86776-08-0}}
*Robert Rochowicz (in Polish): ''Historia "912-ek" - patrolowców i ścigaczy'' (Story of the 912s - patrol and ASW craft), in: Morza, Statki i Okręty nr. 5/2004
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