ORP Orzeł (Kilo class)
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For other ships of the same name, see ORP Orzel (disambiguation).
 A Kilo-class submarine similar to Orzeł |
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| Career (Poland) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | ORP Orzeł |
| Commissioned: | April 29, 1986 |
| Homeport: | Gdynia |
| Status: | in service |
| Badge: |  |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 2,460 t., surfaced 3,180 t., submerged |
| Length: | 72.6 m (238 ft 2 in) |
| Beam: | 12.8 m (41 ft 12 in) |
| Draft: | 14.5 m (47 ft 7 in) |
| Speed: | 12 knots (22 km/h/14 mph), surfaced 17 knots (31 km/h/20 mph), submerged |
| Complement: | 60 |
| Armament: | 6 × 533 mm (21.0 in) torpedo tubes for guided electric TEST-71 torpedoes, guided 53-65K oxygen-propelled torpedoes 32 naval mines |
ORP Orzeł is a Polish Navy Project 877E (Kilo class in NATO code) submarine. It is the third boat to bear this name.
The boat was built by the Sudomekh Shipyard in Leningrad (currently New Admiralty Shipyard in St. Petersburg). It was commissioned on April 29, 1986 in Riga. On June 13 of the same year it was transferred to Gdynia where on June 21 it was christened. It was assigned to the 3rd Flotilla based in Gdynia, where it currently serves under kmdr ppor. Andrzej Ogrodnik.
