ORP Mewa (1935) - Misplaced Pages

History
ORP Mewa, in 1937
Poland
Name	ORP Mewa ("seagull")
Builder	Stocznia Gdyńska, Gdynia
Launched	10 January 1935
Fate	Sunk 3 September 1939, later raised
General characteristics
Class and type	Jaskółka-class minesweeper
Displacement	183 t standard
Length	45 m (147 ft 8 in)
Beam	5.5 m (18 ft 1 in)
Propulsion	2 x diesel engines, 1,050 hp (780 kW) total
Speed	17.5 knots (32.4 km/h; 20.1 mph)
Armament	1 x 75 mm gun 2 x 7.92mm machine guns 20 mines or 20 depth charges

ORP Mewa (Polish for "seagull") was a Jaskółka-class minesweeper of the Polish Navy at the outset of World War II. 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.

Citations

Twardowski & Lemachko, p. 351

Bibliography

Twardowski, Marek & Lemachko, Boris (1980). "Germany". In Chesneau, Roger (ed.). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-146-7.

v t e Jaskółka-class minesweepers
Jaskółka Rybitwa Mewa Czajka Czapla Żuraw
List of ships of the Polish Navy

v t e Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in September 1939
Shipwrecks	1 Sep: ORP Mazur, Tiger Hill 3 Sep: Athenia, ORP Gryf, ORP Mewa (1935), ORP Wicher 6 Sep: ORP General Haller 8 Sep: HNLMS Willem van Ewijck 10 Sep: SS Magdapur, HMS Oxley 12 Sep: Davara 14 Sep: Fanad Head, ORP Jaskółka, U-39 16 Sep: Rudyard Kipling 17 Sep: HMS Courageous 18 Sep: Warszawa 20 Sep: U-27 23 Sep: Martti Ragnar 24 Sep: Phryné, Caldew 29 Sep: HMS Caledonia 30 Sep: ORP Komendant Piłsudski 30 Sep: Clement
Other incidents	2 Sep: USS Pigeon 3 Sep: Hannah Böge 4 Sep: Christian Van Doornum 10 Sep: Triton 16 Sep: City of Paris 18 Sep: ORP Orzeł (incident) 22 Sep: Martti Ragnar Unknown date: HMS Vanquisher, HMS Walker Unknown date: SS Toruń
1938 1939 1940 August 1939 October 1939

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