ORP Kormoran

ORP Kormoran during trials
History
Poland
Name	ORP Kormoran (601)
Builder	Remontowa Shipbuilding
Laid down	23 September 2014
Launched	4 September 2015
Commissioned	28 November 2017
Identification	MMSI number: 261528000 Callsign: SQWK
General characteristics
Class and type	Kormoran II
Displacement	830 tons (standard)
Length	58.5 m (192 ft)
Beam	10.3 m (34 ft)
Draught	2.7 m (8.9 ft)
Propulsion	2 MTU 8V369TE74L diesel engines 2 × Cyclorotors
Speed	15 kn (28 km/h)
Complement	up to 45
Sensors and processing systems	Double Eagle Mk. III, Hugin 1000MR UUVs, Morświn ROV,SHL-101 TM keel sonar and SHL-300 self-propelled sonar
Armament	ZU-23-2MR Wróbel II, caliber 23 mm (to be replaced with the ship artillery system of the caliber 35 mm OSU-35K), 3x WKM-Bm 12.7 mm machine guns, Grom missile launchers

ORP Kormoran (601) – a lead ship of Polish Navy's Kormoran II class MCMVs. She was laid down on 23 September 2014, launched on 4 September 2015 at Remontowa Shipbuilding yard in Gdańsk and commissioned on 28 November 2017. Her non-magnetic 58.5 meters in length hull was made from austenitic steel. She has 830 tons of standard displacement. Kormoran employs sophisticated mine countermeasures including underwater drones. The ship serves in the 13 Minesweeper Squadron, belonging to 8th Coastal Defence Flotilla.^[1]