Orkan-class fast attack craft
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| Class overview | |
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| Builders | |
| Operators |  Polish Navy |
| In service | 1992–present |
| Active | 3 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Fast attack craft |
| Displacement | 369 tonnes |
| Length | 48.90 m (160 ft 5 in) |
| Beam | 8.65 m (28 ft 5 in) |
| Draft | 2.15 m (7 ft 1 in) |
| Propulsion | 3 diesel M520 engines 3,970 kW (5,320 hp) each |
| Speed | 36knots(67 km/h; 41 mph) |
| Range | 3,000 km (1,600 nmi) |
| Complement | 33 |
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TheOrkanclassorprojekt 660(NATO code:Sassnitz class) is series of threefast attack craftof thePolish Navy,in service since 1992.
History[edit]
The original project was prepared by theGerman Democratic Republicfor its navy and was namedProject 660,it also received the NATO reporting name "Sassnitz". After theUnification of Germanythe unfinishedhullswere bought by thePolish Navyfrom VEB Peenewerft shipyard inWolgastand successfully completed by Northern Shipyard inGdańsk.
In 2006, Ministry of Defence ordered 36 RBS-15 Mk 3 anti-ship missiles to equip the ships. Since 2007, they carried RBS-15 Mk 2 missiles as interim armament.[1]RBS-15 Mk 3 missiles were first deployed in 2014.[2]Since 2015Orkan[3]andPiorununderwent a 19-month, mid-life refit.[4]
List of ships[edit]
| Pennant number |
Name | Commissioned |
|---|---|---|
| 421 | Orkan | 18 September 1992 |
| 422 | Piorun | 11 March 1994 |
| 423 | Grom | 28 April 1995 |
The lead ship of the class is namedOrkan(Polish:Hurricane), while other two ships arePiorun(Polish:Thunderbolt) andGrom(Polish:Thunderclap).PiorunandGromwere famous Polish destroyers of theSecond World War.Orkanwas to have been the first destroyer constructed in Poland, but her construction was interrupted by the start of the World War II.
Gallery[edit]
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Orkanbefore modernisation -
Piorun -
Gromin 2008 armed with 8 RBS-15 Mk2 -
Gromin 2011, armed with 4 RBS-15 Mk2
Citations[edit]
- ^Umowa na dostawę rakiet SAAB RBS 15 Mk3 dla Marynarki Wojennej.18 October 2006(in Polish).
- ^Dłuższe ręce MW.21 January 2015(in Polish)
- ^"Dwa lata na remont ORP Orkan, potem modernizacja".
- ^"Nauta wyremontuje ORP Piorun".
References[edit]
- "okręty rakietowe projektu 660, typu Orkan (NATO: Sassnitz)."(in Polish). Polish Navy. Archived fromthe originalon 25 September 2017.Retrieved3 August2011.