ORP Kaszub (1987)

ORP Kaszub in Gdynia on 26 May 2018
History
Poland
NameORP Kaszub
BuilderStocznia Północna, Gdańsk
Laid down9 June 1984
Launched11 May 1986
Commissioned15 March 1987
Identification
StatusIn active service
General characteristics [1]
Displacement
  • 1,051 long tons (1,068 t) standard
  • 1,183 long tons (1,202 t) full load
Length82.34 m (270 ft 2 in)[2]
Beam10 m (32 ft 10 in)
Draught
  • 3.1 m (10 ft 2 in) (hull)
  • 4.9 m (16 ft 1 in) (sonar dome)
Installed power
  • 4× Cegieski-Sulzer AS 16V 25/30 diesels
  • 12.42 MW (16,660 shp) total
PropulsionCODAD, 2 shafts
Speed27 kn (31 mph; 50 km/h)
Range3,500 mi (3,000 nmi; 5,600 km) at 14 kn (16 mph; 26 km/h)
Complement67
Sensors and
processing systems
  • Radar:
  • MR 302 Air/surface search (NATO Strut Curve)
  • Nogat SRN 7453 surface search
  • SRN 441XT Navigation radar
  • Sonar:
  • MG 322T hull mounted medium frequency active search
  • MG 392M high-frequency dipping sonar
Armament

ORP Kaszub is a corvette of the Polish Navy, in service since 1987,[3] the sole ship of the Project 620 class. She was the first ocean-going warship built in Poland. As of 2012 she is in active service.[4]

  1. ^ Saunders 2002, p. 540.
  2. ^ Baker 1998, pp. 604–605.
  3. ^ "Data from official Polish Navy website". Archived from the original on 2017-10-01. Retrieved 2009-10-13.
  4. ^ The Military Balance 2008,International Institute for Strategic Studies. [1] Archived 2013-01-19 at the Wayback Machine