ORP Kaszub (1921)
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ORP Kaszub was a torpedo boat of the Polish Navy, and one of the first ships of that navy after Poland regained its independence in 1918. It was originally built by the German shipyard A.G. Vulcan for the Netherlands Navy as Z4, but was still under construction at the outbreak of the First World War in August 1914, and was seized by the Imperial German Navy, being renamed V108.
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ORP Mazur and ORP Kaszub (order unknown) leading three A 68 class torpedo boats, circa 1924. | |
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German Empire | |
Name | SMS V108 |
Launched | 12 December 1914 |
Fate | Transferred to Poland, September 1921 |
Poland | |
Name | ORP Kaszub |
Acquired | April 1920 |
Fate | Destroyed by a boiler explosion, 20 July 1925 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | V105 class torpedo boat |
Displacement | 340 metric tons (330 long tons) |
Length | 62 m (203.4 ft) |
Beam | 6.2 m (20.3 ft) |
Draft | 2.5 m (8.2 ft) |
Installed power | 5,500 ihp (4,100 kW) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph) |
Range | 1,400 nmi (2,600 km; 1,600 mi) at 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) |
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V108 served in the Baltic and for training during the war, and when the German Navy was broken up after the end of the war, was allocated to Poland, with the name Kaszub. It was sunk on 20 July 1925 by a boiler explosion.