ORP Wicher (1928)

Wicher, the lead ship of her class
History
Poland
Name	ORP Wicher
Namesake	Polish: Gale
Ordered	2 April 1926
Builder	Chantiers Navals Français, Blainville-sur-Orne, Caen
Laid down	19 February 1927
Launched	10 July 1928
Commissioned	8 July 1930
Fate	Sunk 3 September 1939
Notes	54°36′N 18°46′E / 54.600°N 18.767°E / 54.600; 18.767 (Remnants of ORP Wicher) (remnants)
General characteristics
Class and type	Wicher-class destroyer
Displacement	1,540 long tons full: 2,010 long tons
Length	106.9 m (351 ft)
Beam	10.5 m (34 ft)
Draught	3.5 m (11 ft)
Speed	33.8 knots (62.6 km/h)
Complement	162
Armament	1930: 4 × 130 mm guns 2 × 40 mm wz. 28 AA guns 2 × triple 550 mm/533 mm/450 mm torpedo tubes 2 × 240 mm Thornycroft depth charge launchers 2 × Wz BH200 depth charge launchers 2 × 60 wz. 08 naval mines 1939: 4 × 130 mm wz. 19/24 Schneider-Creusot Model 1924 guns 2 × 40 mm wz. 28 Vickers-Armstrong 2 pdr Mk II AA guns 4 × 13.2 mm wz. 30 HMGs (2x2) 2 × double 550 mm/533 mm/450 mm torpedo launchers 2 × Wz BH200 depth charge launchers 60 × wz. 08 naval mines

ORP Wicher, the lead ship of the Wicher class, was a Polish Navy destroyer. She saw combat in the Invasion of Poland, which began World War II in Europe. She was the flagship of the Polish Navy, sunk by German bombers on 3 September 1939.^[1]