The Project 206FM class (NATO reporting name: "Krogulec"-class), originally designated Project 206F, were mine-countermeasure vessels of the Polish Navy built during the mid-1960s.
 Type 206FM silhouette
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| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name |
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| Builders |
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| Operators |  Polish Navy |
| Built | 1961-1965 |
| Completed | 12 |
| Active | 0 |
| Retired | 12 |
| Scrapped | 9 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Type | Minesweeper / minehunter |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 58.2 m (190 ft 11 in)[1] |
| Beam | 7.7 m (25 ft 3 in)[1] |
| Draught | 2.14 m (7 ft 0 in)[1] |
| Propulsion | 2 × Sulzer-Cegielski 1,700 hp (1,268 kW) diesel engines, 2 shafts[1] |
| Speed | 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)[1] |
| Complement | 49[2] |
| Armament | 3 x 2M-3 (25mm dual-barrel naval cannons) |
Class history
editThe twelve ships of this class were built at the Komuny Paryskiej Shipyard in Gdynia as coastal minesweepers Project 206F class, and served as the 9th Coastal Defence Flotilla at Hel. Most of the class were decommissioned by the early 1990s, though three were modernised around 2000,[3] and remain in service as minehunters (their designation was changed to Project 206FM for Modernized). Last ship war retired from service on 8 December 2021.
Ships
editThe 12 ships in the class were:[2]
| Name | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ORP Orlik (613) | ? | ? | 1989 |
| ORP Krogulec (614) | ? | ? | ? |
| ORP Jastrząb (615) | ? | ? | 1990 |
| ORP Kormoran (616) | ? | ? | 1993 |
| ORP Czapla (617) | ? | ? | 1990 |
| ORP Albatros (618) | ? | ? | ? |
| ORP Pelikan (619) | ? | ? | 1993 |
| ORP Tukan (620) | ? | ? | ? |
| ORP Flaming (621) | 5 May 1965 | 11 October 1966 | 4 December 2020[4] |
| ORP Rybitwa (622) | ? | ? | ? |
| ORP Mewa (623) | 22 December 1966 | 9 May 1967 | 30 December 2019[5] |
| ORP Czajka (624) | 17 December 1966 | 17 June 1967 | 8 December 2021[6] |
Gallery
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ORP Mewa in June 2011 -
ORP Flaming in April 2012
References
edit- ^ "Future of the Polish Navy". Combat Fleets Of The World. 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
- ^ "ORP FLAMING". 4 December 2020.
- ^ "Spuszczenie bandery na ORP Mewa".
- ^ "ORP CZAJKA". 8 December 2021.