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Poland | |
Name | ORP Gryf |
Ordered | 1975 |
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Launched | 1976 |
Commissioned | 1976 |
Decommissioned | May 31, 2005 |
Fate | converted to base ship |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Wodnik class |
Displacement |
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Length | 72.24 m (237 ft 0 in) |
Beam | 11.99 m (39 ft 4 in) |
Draft | 4.1 m (13 ft 5 in) |
Speed | 16.8 knots (31.1 km/h; 19.3 mph) |
Complement | 56 + 100 |
Armament |
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ORP Gryf (Wodnik class) is a Polish schoolship of the Polish Navy, the third vessel to bear that name. She is named after the notable Polish WWII minelayer. Built in Northern Shipyard in Gdańsk as a sister ship of ORP Wodnik, in 1976 she replaced the previous ORP Gryf in her role of a school ship.
Prior to the Gulf War she was refurbished in Gdynia and became a hospital ship. In that role she was sent to the Persian Gulf and took part in the conflict. Currently she serves as a base ship and harbour-locked naval school of the Polish Navy.
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