ORP Orkan (G90)
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For other ships with the same name, see ORP Orkan and HMS Myrmidon.
ORP Orkan, formerly HMS Myrmidon, was an M-class destroyer of the Polish Navy during World War II. Orkan is Polish for "hurricane".
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Myrmidon |
Namesake | Myrmidon |
Builder | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan, Scotland |
Laid down | 7 December 1939 |
Launched | 2 March 1942 |
Stricken | 18 November 1942 |
Fate | transferred to the Polish Navy |
Poland | |
Name | ORP Orkan |
Namesake | European windstorm |
Acquired | 18 November 1942 |
Commissioned | 18 November 1942 |
Fate | Sunk by U-378, 8 October 1943 |
General characteristics (as built) | |
Class and type | M-class destroyer |
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Length | 362 ft 3 in (110.4 m) (o/a) |
Beam | 37 ft (11.3 m) |
Draught | 14 ft (4.3 m) |
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Speed | 36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph) |
Range | 5,500 nmi (10,200 km; 6,300 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Complement | 190 |
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The destroyer was sunk by the German submarine U-378 on 8 October 1943. There were 179 dead and 44 survivors. The sinking of Orkan was the biggest life loss of Polish Navy resulting from a single incident in its entire history.[1]