ORP Gryf (1936)

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ORP Gryf
History
Poland
Name	ORP Gryf
Namesake	griffin
Ordered	11 May 1934
Builder	Chantiers et Ateliers A. Normand Le Havre
Laid down	14 November 1934
Launched	29 November 1936
Commissioned	27 February 1938
Fate	Sunk, bombed 3 September 1939, scrapped after war in late 50s
General characteristics
Displacement	2,250 long tons
Length	103.00 m (337 ft 11 in)
Beam	13.06 m (42 ft 10 in)
Draft	3.60 m (11 ft 10 in)
Propulsion	two Sulzer 8SD48 engines, 6,000 hp (4,500 kW)
Speed	20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Range	9,500 nmi (17,600 km; 10,900 mi) @ 14 knots (26 km/h/16 mph)
Complement	162 + 60
Armament	6 × 120 mm (4.7 in) Bofors wz. 34/36 guns (2 × 2 and 2 × 1) in four turrets 4 × 40 mm (1.6 in) Bofors wz. 36 AA guns (2 × 2) 4 × 13.2 mm (0.52 in) Hotchkiss wz. 30 HMG's (2 × 2) 8 × naval mine racks, up to 600 mines

54°40′N 18°34′E / 54.667°N 18.567°E / 54.667; 18.567 ORP Gryf (English: "Griffin") was a large Polish Navy minelayer, sunk during the 1939 German invasion of Poland. She was one of two large Polish ships that were not evacuated to Great Britain during Operation Peking prior to the outbreak of the Polish Defensive War (Wicher was the other).^[1] She was sunk in Hel harbour on 3 September 1939 during the opening stage of World War II.^[1]