ORP Burza
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 ORP Burza as a museum ship. |
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Ordered | April 2, 1926 |
| Laid down | November 1, 1927 |
| Launched: | April 16, 1929 |
| Commissioned | July 10, 1932 |
| Decommissioned | June 28, 1960 |
| Fate | turned into museum ship, later scrapped |
| Current position | |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | Standard: 1400 t Normal: - Full: 1910 t tons |
| Length | 106.9 m |
| Beam | 10.5 m |
| Draft | 3.5 m |
| Speed | 33.8 knots ( km/h) |
| Complement | 162 |
| Armament | 1939: 4 x 130 mm guns 2 x 40 mm AA 4 x 13.2 mm Hotchkiss MG 6 x torpedo tubes 2 depth charge launchers 30 x naval mines on double racks |
ORP Burza was a Polish destroyer of the Wicher-class which saw action in World War II.
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[edit] History
ORP Burza was ordered on April 2, 1926 from the French shipyard Chantiers Naval Francais together with sister ship ORP Wicher. She entered service in 1932 (roughly 4 years after the initial deadline), and her first commander became kmdr Bolesław Sokołowski. On August 30, 1939 the Polish destroyers ORP Burza, ORP Błyskawica and ORP Grom were ordered to execute the Peking Plan, and the warships headed for Great Britain. On September 1, 1939, Polish destroyers met the British destroyers HMS Wanderer and HMS Wallace. The British ships led the Polish ships to Leith, and in the night the Polish destroyers came to Rosyth.
During the war ORP Burza took part in many patrol missions and also served as an escort in Atlantic convoys. In 1944, Burza became a training ship, and in 1945 she became a submarine tender for Polish submarines. The Polish crew left the ship in 1946, when ORP Burza was transferred to the Royal Navy. In 1951, the ship was returned to the Polish Navy and towed to Gdynia in July. ORP Burza was overhauled and entered service in 1955. In 1960, ORP Burza became a museum ship. After ORP Błyskawica replaced her in that role, she was scrapped in 1977.
[edit] Commanders
- kmdr Bolesław Sokołowski (1932-33)
- kmdr ppor. M. Majewski (1933-37)
- kmdr ppor. Włodzimierz Kodrębski (1937)
- kmdr ppor. Stanisław Nahorski (1937-40)
- kmdr ppor. Antoni Doroszkowski (1940)
- kpt. mar Jan Tchórznicki (temporary)
- kmdr ppor. Zbigniew Wojciechowski (1941-42)
- kpt. mar. Franciszek Pitułko (1942-43)
- por mar. Stanisław Kinka (temporary)
- por. mar. Przemysław Wesołowski (temporary)
- kmdr ppor. Wacław Trzebiński (1944-46)
[edit] Armament
1932-1940:
- Four 130 mm Schneider-Creusot guns (4xI)
- Two 40 mm Vickers - Armstrong AA cannons (2xI)
- Four 13,2 mm Hotchkiss AA machine guns (2xII), from 1935
- Six torpedo tubes 550/533 mm (2xIII)
- Two depth charge launchers
- One depth charge thrower Thornycroft
- 30 mines
1940-1942:
- Four 130 mm Schneider-Creusot guns (4xI)
- One 76 mm Mk Vna gun
- Two 40 mm Vickers - Armstrong AA cannons (2xI)
- Four 13,2 mm Hotchkiss AA machine guns (2xII)
- Eight 12,7 Vickers AA machine guns (2xIV)
- Three torpedo tubes 550/533 mm (1xIII)
- Two depth charge launchers
- Two depth charge throwers Thornycroft
1942-1946:
- Two 130 mm Schneider-Creusot guns (2xI)
- One 76 mm Mk Vna gun
- Four 40 mm AA Mk VIII cannons (1xIV)
- Four 20 mm AA Oerlikon cannons
- Three torpedo tubes 550/533 mm (1xIII)
- One hedgehog
- Two depth charge launchers
- Four depth charge throwers Thornycroft
From 1955:
- Four 100 mm guns (4xI)
- Eight 37 mm AA cannons (4xII)
- One depth charge launcher
- Four depth charge throwers
[edit] See also
| Wicher-class destroyer |
| ORP Wicher | ORP Burza |
List of ships of the Polish Navy |
