ORP Gryf (1976)
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| ORP Gryf (252) | |
| Vodnik class | |
 Sister ship ORP Wodnik |
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| Overview | |
| Type | Training ship |
| Shipyard |
Stocznia Północna (North Shipyard), Gdańsk |
| Launch | 1976 |
| period of service |
3rd Flotilla 1976-2005 |
| Commissioning | 29th September 1976 |
| Decommissioning | May 31, 2005 |
| Whereabouts | Wrecking yard in Gdańsk |
| Technical specifications | |
| displacement |
1,750 ts |
| length |
72.24 meters |
| width |
11.9 meters |
| Draft |
4.1 meters |
| crew |
56 plus 101 students |
| drive |
2 diesel engines Zgoda-Sulzer 6TD48 with 2,640 kW
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| speed |
16.8 kn |
| Range |
7,800 nm |
| Armament |
2 AK-230 double mounts |
| Sister ship | |
ORP Gryf (252) was a training ship that was in service with the Polish Navy from 1976 to 2005 .
Name model was to be the beginning of the Second World War in defense of Hel by German Stukas heavy sunk minelayer ORP Gryf .
history
The ship was built at the Nord shipyard in Gdańsk and was hull number 2 of the Wodnik class (project 888). ORP Gryf was put into service on September 29, 1976 and replaced the previous training ship of the same name in the 3rd Flotilla in Gdynia .
During her service, ORP Gryf visited ports on the Baltic Sea , the North Sea , the North Sea and the Mediterranean .
Whereabouts
ORP Gryf has been asked and on 31 May 2005 out of service, first in Gdynia launched . In the summer of 2009, the ship was sold to a scrap yard in Gdańsk.
Web links
- Description of the Wodnik on the side of the Polish Navy engl.
- History of the Gryf on the website of the training ship Wilhelm Pieck
Explanations
- ↑ a b ORP is the abbreviation for Okręt Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej and the name prefix of Polish warships
- ↑ Gryf means griffin in the Polish language