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Audacious was a Polish river gunboat from the interwar period and World War II. The keel was laid under this vessel in 1932, and the launch took place in 1933. The unit was commissioned in June of the same year. The total length of the ship at the time of launching was 18.1 meters and a width of 4.6 meters. The displacement reached approx. 30 tons. The armament consisted of a 100mm howitzer, one 37mm Puteaux cannon and a 7.92mm machine gun. The audacious was originally designed as an "armored inflow crypt" to finally become a "river gunboat". Most likely, from the very beginning it was intended for the activities of the Pinsk Flotilla, which it ended up in in June 1933. At the outbreak of World War II, it served in Pripyat in the Pinsk region as part of the Flotilla of the Separated Division. After September 9, 1939, she supervised the passages on the Jasiołda and Strumień rivers. At the time of the Soviet aggression, it headed towards Pinsk. However, due to the impossibility of reaching this city, it was self-sunk by the crew, most likely on September 19, 1939.