ORP Mewa
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History | |
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Name | ORP Mewa ("seagull") |
Builder | Stocznia Gdyńska, Gdynia |
Launched | 10 January 1935 |
Fate | Sunk 3 September 1939, later raised |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Jaskółka-class minesweeper |
Displacement | 183 t standard |
Length | 45 m (147 ft 8 in) |
Beam | 5.5 m (18 ft 1 in) |
Propulsion | 2 x diesel engines, 1,050 hp (780 kW) total |
Speed | 17.5 knots (32.4 km/h; 20.1 mph) |
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ORP Mewa (Polish for "seagull") was a Jaskółka-class minesweeper of the Polish Navy at the outset of World War II. Mewa participated in the defense of Poland during the German invasion of 1939. The ship was damaged on 1 September 1939 by a German bomb. On 3 September she was again hit by bombs and sank. The ship was later refloated and captured by the Germans. After the war, she returned to serve under the Polish flag.[1]
Citations
[edit]- ^ Twardowski & Lemachko, p. 351
Bibliography
[edit]- Twardowski, Marek & Lemachko, Boris (1980). "Germany". In Chesneau, Roger (ed.). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-146-7.