Piast class

Piast class

ORP Lech

Ship data country  Poland Uruguay   Ship type Salvage ship Shipyard Stocznia Północna (North Shipyard), Gdansk Construction period 1973 to 1976 Units built 3 period of service Since 1974

Ship dimensions and crew length 72.63 m ( Lüa ) width 11.94 m Draft Max. 4.1 m displacement 1,800 ts   crew 55 + 12 divers 50 ( Vanguardia )

Machine system machine 2 × Zgoda-Sulzer 6TD48 marine diesel engines Machine performance 2,648 kW (3,600 hp) Top speed 16.7 kn (31 km / h) propeller 2

The salvage ships of Piast - class (Project 570) were asked from 1974 to 1976 in service and for the Polish Navy and Uruguayan Navy deployed.

draft

The ships were built at the Nord shipyard in Gdansk . The design is of the built at the same shipyard survey vessels of the Moma class derived (Project 861) and designed for the following tasks:

• Submarine support and rescue of submarine crews
• Sea Rescue ( SAR )
• Rescue of damaged ships
• Maritime fire fighting
• Underwater work
• Patrol trips

The equipment allows worldwide use and consists of fire monitors , external bilge systems , workshops , a ship's crane , a towing device , a decompression chamber and a detachable diving bell on the port side .

The Polish ships were extensively modernized between 1999 and 2001 and adapted to NATO standards.

units

Lech and Piast with modified anchor equipment

• ORP Piast (281)

The Piast entered service on January 26, 1974 and gave the class its name. During the modernization, the ship received a hydraulic ship crane, a modified anchor device and a helicopter working deck.

• ORP Lech (282)

The Lech was put into service on November 30, 1974. The modernization is outwardly less noticeable.

• ROU Vanguardia (26)

→ Main article : Otto von Guericke (ship)

Hull number 3 of this class was built for the Volksmarine and put into service on December 29, 1976 as Otto von Guericke (A46). The ship was not taken over by the German Navy and sold to the Uruguayan Navy in October 1991. It was put back into service as Vanguardia on December 18, 1991 .

Web links

Commons : Piast class  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

• Description on the side of the Polish Navy (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ORP is the abbreviation for "Okręt Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej" and the name prefix of Polish warships
2. ↑ Photo after the modernization ( Memento of the original from February 22, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ ROU is the abbreviation for "República Oriental del Uruguay" and the name prefix of Uruguayan warships