ORP ''Lublin'' (821) is a ''Lublin''-class

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 ...

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 ...

Polish Navy The Polish Navy (; often abbreviated to ) is the Navy, naval military branch , branch of the Polish Armed Forces. The Polish Navy consists of 46 ships and about 12,000 commissioned and enlisted personnel. The traditional ship prefix in the Polish ...

, named after the city 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 ...

Construction and career

The flag was raised on 12 October 1989. The ship is part of the 2nd Transport and Mine Ship Squadron in

Świnoujście Świnoujście (; ; ; meaning " Świna ivermouth"; ) is a city in Western Pomerania and seaport on the Baltic Sea and Szczecin Lagoon, in the extreme north-west of Poland, mainly on the islands of Usedom and Wolin, and Karsibór island, once ...

, belonging to the 8th Coastal Defense Flotilla. The ship is intended for transporting landing troops with equipment and vehicles, setting sea mines (takes 130 mines at a time) and evacuating people. It is the first ship in the history of the Polish navy commanded by a woman.

Gallery

File:ORP „LUBLIN” transportuje 10BKPanc do Wielkiej Brytanii (01).jpg, ORP ''Lublin'' on 22 January 2010. File:ORP „LUBLIN” transportuje 10BKPanc do Wielkiej Brytanii (03).jpg, ORP ''Lublin'' on 22 January 2010. File:ORP „LUBLIN” transportuje 10BKPanc do Wielkiej Brytanii (02).jpg, ORP ''Lublin'' on 22 January 2010. File:ORP „LUBLIN” transportuje 10BKPanc do Wielkiej Brytanii (04).jpg, ORP ''Lublin'' on 22 January 2010. File:ORP „LUBLIN” transportuje 10BKPanc do Wielkiej Brytanii (05).jpg, ORP ''Lublin'' on 22 January 2010.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lublin Lublin-class minelayer-landing ships 1988 ships Ships built in Gdańsk