ORP Kormoran
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Class overview | |
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Builders | Remontowa Shipbuilding SA |
Operators | Marynarka Wojenna |
Planned | 6 |
Building | 2 |
Completed | 3 |
Active | 3 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Minehunter |
Displacement | 850 tons |
Length | 58.5 m (191 ft 11 in) [1] |
Beam | 10.3 m (33 ft 10 in)[1] |
Draft | 2.7 m (8 ft 10 in)[1] |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Range | 2,500 nmi (4,600 km; 2,900 mi) |
Complement | 44[1] |
Armament | Temporarily: *1 × ZU-23-2MR (two 23 mm guns and two Grom missiles) - first unit, to be replaced with the OSU-35K system at the next major renovation, 3 × WKM-Bm machine guns[citation needed] Final: *1 × OSU-35K 35 mm weapon station, Grom MANPADS, 3 × WKM-Bm machine guns[citation needed] |
Kormoran II (Cormorant class) - officially project 258, mine hunting type of vessels in building for the Polish Navy. The 2011 Defense Budget included a single vessel of this class.[citation needed] It was launched on 4 September 2015 and was predicted to enter service late 2016. Two more ships have been planned. Ships are built by Remontowa Shipbuilding Gdańsk and Naval Shipyard Gdynia consortium.[2] It will be armed with a 35mm OSU-35K naval weapon station.[3]