Vodnik class
Vodnik class | |
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Typ ship Wodnik of the Polish Navy |
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Overview | |
Type | Training ship |
units |
ORP Wodnik ex- ORP Gryf ex- Wilhelm Pieck / ex- Luga / Oka |
Shipyard |
Stocznia Północna (North Shipyard), Gdańsk |
delivery | 1975-1977 |
Technical specifications | |
displacement |
1,750 ts |
length |
71.4 meters |
width |
12.0 meters |
Draft |
4.0 meters |
drive |
2 diesel engines with 2,640 kW
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speed |
17 kn |
Range |
7,800 nm |
The training ships of Wodnik - class (Project 888) are a further development which is also in the Northern Shipyard in Gdansk for the Soviet Navy built survey vessels of the Moma class (Project 861).
units
- ORP Vodnik (251)
- ORP Gryf (252)
- Wilhelm Pieck (S61)
- Luga
The Luga was named after the river of the same name and entered service for the Baltic fleet on March 31, 1977 . The home port was Baltiysk . After its decommissioning, it was canceled in Kronstadt in 2006 .
The Luga had no armament and differed from the first three ships of the project by having a more aft main mast. The ship's crew consisted of 56 men and 93 students.
- Oka
The Oka was also named after a river and entered service for the Caspian Flotilla on May 24, 1977 . When the flotilla was split up between Russia and Azerbaijan , the ship went to the Azerbaijani Navy on July 16, 1992 and is now in service there with hull number T 710. The home port is Baku . Since the takeover, the ship has been armed with a 37 mm W-11M double flak and two 25 mm / L70 double mounts.
Footnotes
- ↑ a b ORP is the abbreviation for Okręt Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej and the name prefix of Polish warships
- ↑ Ship data Luga (accessed on January 2, 2011)
- ↑ Ship data Oka (accessed on January 2, 2011)