ORP Mewa
Appearance
![]() ORP Mewa (1937)
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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) |
Armament |
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ORP Mewa (
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
- ^ Twardowski & Lemachko, p. 351
Bibliography
- 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.