ORP Wilia
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| History | |
|---|---|
 Poland | |
| Name | ORP Wilia |
| Launched | 26 May 1906 |
| Commissioned | 8 August 1925 |
| Fate |
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| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 3578 Gross Register Tonnage |
| Displacement | 8400 tons |
| Length | 108 metres |
| Beam | 14.85 m |
| Installed power | 1350 HP |
| Propulsion | VTE steam engine |
| Speed | 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
ORP Wilia (old spelling ORP Wilja) was a transport and training ship of the Polish Navy of the Second Polish Republic, from 1940 a merchant ship SS Modlin.
Construction
The ship was built in 1906 as a freighter Ganelon in the shipyard Flensburger Schiffbau Gesellschaft in
In 1925 the ship was bought by the newborn Polish Navy. After a refit and adaptation in France, the Polish flag was raised on the ship on 8 August 1925 in
Fate
The ship entered into operation only after a refit on 1 July 1941 roku, in Ministry of War Transport charter.[6] She undertook five transatlantic cruises in convoys to Canada and back, but an old ship was ill-suited to rough Atlantic weather, and her machinery was worn out, so she had to be repaired in a yard after most cruises.[6] She was also used in coastal convoys. In November 1943 she was laid up.[7] On 8 June 1944 useless ship was scuttled off the coast of Normandy as a part of an artificial breakwater of Mulberry B harbour (Gooseberry 3 at Gold Beach, Arromanches).[7] After the war she was raised and scrapped.[7]
Citations
- ^ a b c d e f Miciński, Huras & Twardowski (1999), pp. 235–236.
- ^ Miciński, Huras & Twardowski (1999), p. 246.
- ^ Miciński, Huras & Twardowski (1999), pp. 242.
- ^ Miciński, Huras & Twardowski (1999), pp. 252–253.
- ^ Miciński, Huras & Twardowski (1999), pp. 254–255.
- ^ a b Miciński, Huras & Twardowski (1999), pp. 256–258.
- ^ a b c Miciński, Huras & Twardowski (1999), pp. 259–265.
References
- Miciński, Jerzy; Huras, Bohdan; Twardowski, Marek (1999). Księga statków polskich 1918–1945. Tom 3 (in Polish). Gdańsk: Polnord Wydawnictwo Oskar. pp. 235–265. ISBN 83-86181-45-1.