ORP Arctowski
ORP Arctowski | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Poland | |
| Name | ORP Arctowski |
| Builder | Northern Shipyard, Gdańsk |
| Launched | 20 February 1982 |
| Commissioned | 27 November 1982 |
| Identification |
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| Status | Active as of 2018 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Modified Finik class |
| Displacement | 1218 tons |
| Length | 61.6 m (202 ft 1 in) |
| Beam | 10.8 m (35 ft 5 in) |
| Draft | 3.3 m (10 ft 10 in) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 13.7 knots (25.4 km/h; 15.8 mph) |
| Complement | 49 |
ORP Arctowski is a survey ship of the Polish Navy. Launched in 1982 in Poland, she is the lead ship of the Projekt 874 class, known as modified Finik-class in NATO code. She is the sister ship of ORP Heweliusz.[1] She is named after Henryk Arctowski, a Polish scientist and explorer.[2]
In July 2006, the crew of the ship performed the positive identification of the wreckage of the German World War II aircraft carrier Graf Zeppelin.[3]
References
- ^ "ORP Heweliusz, ORP Arctowski". Polish Navy. Archived from the original on 2011-08-07. Retrieved 2013-04-28.
- ^ Verlinden, Jozef (1993). Poolnacht - Adrien de Gerlache en de Belgica expeditie (in Dutch). Tielt: Lannoo. p. 231. ISBN 902092298X.
- ^ "Polish navy finds wreck of Graf Zeppelin". NBC News. AP. 2006-07-27. Retrieved 2013-04-28.