ORP Jaskółka
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ORP Jaskółka was the lead ship of her class of minesweepers in the Polish Navy at the outset of World War II. Jaskółka was sunk during the Nazi invasion of 1939.
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Poland | |
Name | ORP Jaskółka |
Namesake | jaskółka, Polish word for "swallow" |
Launched | 11 September 1934 |
Commissioned | 27 August 1935 |
Fate | Sunk, 15 September 1939 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Jaskółka-class minesweeper |
Displacement | 183 tons |
Length | 48 m (157 ft 6 in) |
Beam | 5.5 m (18 ft 1 in) |
Draft | 2.4 m (7 ft 10 in) |
Speed | 16–18 knots (18–21 mph; 30–33 km/h) |
Complement | 30 |
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