Transferred to Polish merchant marine as Modlin on 30 July 1940
Scuttled as part of an artificial harbour, 1944
General characteristics
Tonnage
3578 Gross Register Tonnage
Displacement
8400 tons
Length
108 metres
Beam
14.85 m
Installed power
1350 HP
Propulsion
VTE steam engine
Speed
10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph)
ORP Wilia (old spelling ORP Wilja) was a transport and training ship of the Polish Navy of the Second Polish Republic, from 1940 a merchant ship SS Modlin.
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