ORP Żuraw
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ORP Żuraw was a Jaskółka-class minesweeper of the Polish Navy at the outset of World War II. Her name is the Polish word for the common crane. Żuraw participated in the defense of Poland during the German invasion of 1939. The ship was surrendered to the Germans following the Polish capitulation and renamed Oxhöft as a naval trawler. Following the German surrender at the end of the war, the ship was returned to Poland under her old name. In 1947, Żuraw was modified for use as a hydrographical survey ship and renamed Kompas. She was broken up in 1981.
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ORP Żuraw | |
History | |
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Poland | |
Name | ORP Żuraw |
Builder | Polish Navy Shipyard (Stocznia Marynarki Wojennej), Gdynia |
Launched | 22 September 1938 |
Fate | Captured by Nazi Germany, 2 October 1939 |
Nazi Germany | |
Name | Oxhöft |
Acquired | Captured, 2 October 1939 |
Fate | Surrendered 1945 |
Poland | |
Name | ORP Żuraw |
Recommissioned | 25 January 1946 |
Decommissioned | 1977 |
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Fate | Broken up 1981 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Jaskółka-class minesweeper |
Displacement | 183 t standard |
Length | 45.0 m (147 ft 8 in) |
Beam | 5.5 m (18 ft 1 in) |
Propulsion | 2 × diesel engines, 1,050 hp (780 kW) total |
Speed | 17.5 knots (32.4 km/h; 20.1 mph) |
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