ORP Smok

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Wreck of a tugboat in the port of Hel
History
France
Name	Le Boxeur
Builder	Compagnie Général de Matérieux in La Rochelle
Launched	1922
Commissioned	1922
Belgium
Name	Leopold
Commissioned	1930
Poland
Name	ORP Smok
Commissioned	November 15, 1932
Nazi Germany
Name	Rixhöft
Commissioned	1940
Decommissioned	March 2, 1945
General characteristics
Class and type	Tugboat
Displacement	711 t (700 long tons)
Length	40.3 m (132 ft 3 in)
Draft	3.45 m (11 ft 4 in)
Propulsion	1 piston steam engine with a power of 1,200 hp
Speed	12.5 kn (23.2 km/h; 14.4 mph)
Range	5,000 nmi (9,300 km; 5,800 mi)
Complement	2 officers between 26 and 28 non-commissioned officers and sailors
Armament	2 guns, 37 mm caliber 2 medium machine guns, 7.92 mm caliber, MG 08

ORP Smok was a full-sea tugboat of the Polish Navy, built in 1922 in La Rochelle, France. It sailed under various owners in France and Belgium under the names Le Boxeur and Leopold. Purchased by Poland in 1932, it served as a tugboat, training ship, and auxiliary mine-laying ship. It underwent numerous reconstructions. During the September Campaign, it transported materials from Gdynia to Hel. To block the entrance to the port in Hel, it was scuttled. It was salvaged by the Germans and, after repairs, incorporated into service under the name Rixhöft. It sailed until 1945, when it sank due to an aerial naval mine.