ORP Rybitwa
Polish ship active during World War II / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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ORP Rybitwa was a Jaskółka-class minesweeper of the Polish Navy at the outset of World War II. Rybitwa participated in the defence of Poland during the Nazi German invasion of 1939. The ship was damaged by a German bomb on 14 September 1939. The ship was later captured by the Germans, but returned to serve under the Polish flag after the War.
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Poland | |
Name | ORP Rybitwa |
Namesake | rybitwa, Polish word for "tern" |
Builder | Państwowa Stocznia Modlińska, Modlin |
Laid down | May 1933 |
Launched | April 1935 |
Commissioned | December 1935 |
Stricken | 1972 |
Fate | Scrapped 1972 |
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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