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ORP Mewa (633)
ORP ''Mewa'' was the name of at least three ships of the Polish Navy and may refer to: * ORP ''Mewa'' (1935), a ''Jaskółka''-class minesweeper launched in 1935 and sunk in 1939 * ORP ''Mewa'' (1966), a Projekt 206 minesweeper/minehunter launched in 1966 and decommissioned in 2019 * ORP ''Mewa'' (603), a Kormoran II-class minehunter launched in 2019 {{DEFAULTSORT:Mewa Polish Navy ship names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ORP Mewa (1935)
ORP ''Mewa'' (Polish for "seagull") was a of the Polish Navy at the outset of World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo .... ''Mewa'' participated in the defense of Poland during the German invasion of 1939. The ship was damaged on 1 September 1939 by a German bomb. On 3 September she was again hit by bombs and sank. The ship was later refloated and captured by the Germans. After the war, she returned to serve under the Polish flag.Twardowski & Lemachko, p. 351 Citations Bibliography * Jaskółka-class minesweepers Ships built in Gdynia Naval ships of Poland captured by Germany during World War II Ships sunk by German aircraft Maritime incidents in September 1939 Shipwrecks of Poland 1935 ships Minesweepers sunk by aircraft {{WWII-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ORP Mewa (1966)
ORP ''Mewa'' is a Polish base minesweeper from the Cold War era, one of a series of 12 vessels of , converted between 1998 and 1999 to a minehunter of Projekt 206FM-class minehunter, Projekt 206FM. The unit measured 58.2 meters in length, 7.97 meters in width, and had a draft of 2.14 meters, with a full displacement of 470 tons. It was armed with three double sets of 25 mm 2M-3M Autocannon, autocannons and Depth charge, depth charges, and was also adapted for transporting and deploying Naval mine, naval mines. It was launched on 22 December 1966 at Stocznia Gdynia, and it was commissioned into the Polish Navy on 21 May 1967. The unit, designated with the pennant number 623, initially served in the 13th Minesweeper Division of the in Hel, Poland, Hel, and after its dissolution in 2006, it was assigned to the 8th Coastal Defence Flotilla. In 1987, Pope John Paul II visited the vessel. ORP ''Mewa'' was part of NATO's standing mine countermeasure forces four times and participated i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ORP Mewa (603)
ORP ''Mewa (603)'' is a ship of Polish Navy's Kormoran II class MCMVs. She was laid down on 10 October 2019, and launched on 17 December 2020 at Remontowa Shipbuilding yard in Gdańsk. Her non-magnetic 58.5 meter hull is made from austenitic steel. She has a standard displacement of 830 tons. ''Kormoran'' employs sophisticated mine countermeasures including underwater drones. The ship will enter service in the 13 Minesweeper Squadron belonging to 8th Coastal Defence Flotilla. Construction The contract between the Armament Inspectorate and the Remontowa Shipbuilding SA consortium, the Research and Development Center of the Maritime Technology Center in Gdynia and the Naval Shipyard SA for the construction of a prototype and two serial units was concluded on 23 September 2013. The sheet metal cutting started on 19 June 2019. On 10 October 2019, a ceremonial keel laying ceremony took place at the Remontowa shipyard. Due to the non-magnetic steel, welding of the hull sheets was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
