ORP Wicher (1928)

Wicher, the lead ship of her class
History
Poland
NameORP Wicher
NamesakePolish: Gale
Ordered2 April 1926
BuilderChantiers Navals Français, Blainville-sur-Orne, Caen
Laid down19 February 1927
Launched10 July 1928
Commissioned8 July 1930
FateSunk 3 September 1939
Notes54°36′N 18°46′E / 54.600°N 18.767°E / 54.600; 18.767 (Remnants of ORP Wicher) (remnants)
General characteristics
Class and typeWicher-class destroyer
Displacement
  • 1,540 long tons
  • full: 2,010 long tons
Length106.9 m (351 ft)
Beam10.5 m (34 ft)
Draught3.5 m (11 ft)
Speed33.8 knots (62.6 km/h)
Complement162
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]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference PN was invoked but never defined (see the help page).