ORP Kraków
Appearance
![]() ORP Kraków on 31 July 2012.
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Name | Kraków |
Namesake | Kraków |
Builder | Northern Shipyard, Gdańsk |
Laid down | 18 August 1988 |
Launched | 7 March 1989 |
Commissioned | 27 June 1990 |
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Status | Active |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Lublin-class minelayer-landing ship |
Tonnage | 1675 tones |
Length | 95.8 m (314 ft 4 in) |
Beam | 10.8 m (35 ft 5 in) |
Depth | 2.38 m (7 ft 10 in) |
Installed power | 3x Cegielski-Sulzer 6ATL25D 1320 kW each |
Speed | 16.5 knots |
Capacity | 9 landing vessels up to 45 tones each |
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ORP Kraków (823) is a Lublin-class minelayer-landing ship of Polish Navy, named after the city of Kraków.
Construction and career
[edit]The ship was built at the Northern Shipyard in Gdańsk. The main designer was MSc. Stanisław Keński. The keel was laid on 18 August 1988 and the ship was launched on 7 March 1989; the godmother is Mrs. Krystyna Rafa. The flag was raised on 27 June 1990.[1][2]
ORP Kraków is the second ship in history to bear this name. The first was the river monitor, built in the Kraków shipyard of Fabryka Zieleniewski. She served in the years 1926-39.[3]
Gallery
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ORP Kraków’s bell
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ORP Kraków during BALTOPS in August 2005.
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ORP Gniezno and ORP Kraków during BALTOPS 2017.
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ORP Kraków during BALTOPS 2017.
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ORP Kraków during BALTOPS 2017.
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ORP Kraków at Świnoujście in 29 May 2018.
References
[edit]- ^ "2. Dywizjon Okrętów Transportowo - Minowych". Wojsko-Polskie.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 21 October 2020.
- ^ "Okręt trasportowo-minowy O.R.P. - Biuletyn Informacji Publicznej Miasta Krakowa - BIP MK". www.bip.krakow.pl. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
- ^ "Remont ORP Kraków - Nasz Bałtyk - morskie czasopismo". www.naszbaltyk.com. Retrieved 21 October 2020.