Projekt 206FM-class minehunter

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Type 206F silhouette
Type 206FM silhouette
Class overview
Name
  • Project 206F class minesweeper/
  • project 206FM class minehunter
Builders
Operators Polish Navy
Built1961-1965
Completed12
Active0
Retired12
Scrapped9
General characteristics [1]
TypeMinesweeper / minehunter
Displacement
Length58.2 m (190 ft 11 in)[1]
Beam7.7 m (25 ft 3 in)[1]
Draught2.14 m (7 ft 0 in)[1]
Propulsion2 × Sulzer-Cegielski 1,700 hp (1,268 kW) diesel engines, 2 shafts[1]
Speed18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)[1]
Complement49[2]
Armament3 x 2M-3 (25mm dual-barrel naval cannons)

The Project 206FM class (NATO reporting name: "Krogulec"-class), originally designated Project 206F, were mine-countermeasure vessels of the Polish Navy built during the mid-1960s.

Class history

The twelve ships of this class were built at the Komuny Paryskiej Shipyard in Gdynia as coastal minesweepers Project 206F class, and served as the 9th Coastal Defence Flotilla at Hel. Most of the class were decommissioned by the early 1990s, though three were modernised around 2000,[3] and remain in service as minehunters (their designation was changed to Project 206FM for Modernized). Last ship war retired from service on 8 December 2021.

Ships

The 12 ships in the class were:[2]

Name Launched Commissioned Decommissioned
ORP Orlik (613) ? ? 1989
ORP Krogulec (614) ? ? ?
ORP Jastrząb (615) ? ? 1990
ORP Kormoran (616) ? ? 1993
ORP Czapla (617) ? ? 1990
ORP Albatros (618) ? ? ?
ORP Pelikan (619) ? ? 1993
ORP Tukan (620) ? ? ?
ORP Flaming (621) 5 May 1965 11 October 1966 4 December 2020[4]
ORP Rybitwa (622) ? ? ?
ORP Mewa (623) 22 December 1966 9 May 1967 30 December 2019[5]
ORP Czajka (624) 17 December 1966 17 June 1967 8 December 2021[6]
Gallery
  • ORP Mewa in June 2011
    ORP Mewa in June 2011
  • ORP Flaming in April 2012
    ORP Flaming in April 2012

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Projektu 206F". Polish Navy (in Polish). 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
  2. ^ a b c "Polish Navy ship classes". worldnavalships.com. 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
  3. ^ "Future of the Polish Navy". Combat Fleets Of The World. 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
  4. ^ "ORP FLAMING". 4 December 2020.
  5. ^ "Spuszczenie bandery na ORP Mewa".
  6. ^ "ORP CZAJKA". 8 December 2021.