ORP Grom (1936)

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ORP Grom
History
Poland
Name	ORP Grom
Namesake	Thunderbolt
Laid down	17 July 1935
Launched	20 July 1936
Commissioned	11 May 1937
Out of service	4 May 1940
Fate	Sunk in the Rombaken fjord near Narvik, Norway
General characteristics
Class and type	Grom-class destroyer
Displacement	1,975 tons standard 2,183 tons normal 2,400 tons full
Length	114 m (374 ft)
Beam	11.3 m (37 ft 1 in)
Draft	3.3 m (10 ft 10 in)
Propulsion	Two Parsons' steam turbines of 54,000 shp (40,000 kW) altogether, 3 boilers and 2 shafts
Speed	39 knots (72 km/h; 45 mph)
Range	3,500 nmi (6,500 km; 4,000 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	192
Armament	7 × 120 mm (4.7 in) Bofors wz. 34/36 guns 2 × double 40 mm (1.6 in) AA Bofors guns 4 × double 13.2 mm AA Hotchkiss HMG 6 × 550 mm (22 in)/533 mm (21.0 in) torpedo tubes 2 × depth charge launchers, 20 wz. BH 200 bombs 44 naval mines

ORP Grom was the lead ship of her class of destroyers serving in the Polish Navy during World War II. She was named after the Polish word for Thunderbolt, while her sister ship ORP Błyskawica translates to lightning.