The ''Lublin'' class or Projekt 767 are
minelayer
A minelayer is any warship, submarine, military aircraft or land vehicle deploying explosive mines. Since World War I the term "minelayer" refers specifically to a naval ship used for deploying naval mines. "Mine planting" was the term for ins ...
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landing ship
An amphibious warfare ship (or amphib) is an amphibious vehicle warship employed to land and support ground forces, such as marines, on enemy territory during an amphibious assault.
Specialized shipping can be divided into two types, most crud ...
s designed and built in Poland for the
Polish Navy
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, in service since 1989. Only five out of the twelve planned ships were built, by the Northern Shipyard in
Gdańsk
Gdańsk is a city on the Baltic Sea, Baltic coast of northern Poland, and the capital of the Pomeranian Voivodeship. With a population of 486,492, Data for territorial unit 2261000. it is Poland's sixth-largest city and principal seaport. Gdań ...
, due to the
fall of Communism
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. They can carry up to 9
T-72
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tanks
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or 17 transport vehicles such as the
Star 266 and 135 equipped troops. They were designed to carry up to 134
naval mine
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s. The ships are named after the
chief cities of the
Piast dynasty
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.
On 12 October 2007, ORP ''Lublin'' became an
honorary citizen
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of
Lublin
Lublin is List of cities and towns in Poland, the ninth-largest city in Poland and the second-largest city of historical Lesser Poland. It is the capital and the centre of Lublin Voivodeship with a population of 336,339 (December 2021). Lublin i ...
.
Background
was a Polish mine-laying vessel and, likely, the only heavy mine-laying vessel built.
List of ships
Gallery
Image:ORP Kraków i Świnoujście.jpg, ORP Kraków
Image:US Navy 040610-N-1823S-064 A Polish amphibious vehicle containing U.S. Marine Reservists assigned to Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 24 Marine Division, embarks the Polish Lublin-class minelayer ORP Poznan.jpg, ORP ''Poznań''
Image:Polish Lublin Class Medium Landing Ship Type 767 1 (dark1).jpg, ORP ''Gniezno''
Image:Polish Lublin Class Medium Landing Ship Type 767 8 (dark1).jpg, ORP ''Gniezno''
References
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Amphibious warfare vessel classes
Amphibious warfare vessels of the Polish Navy
Minelayers of the Polish Navy