ORP Orzeł (Whiskey class)
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For other ships of the same name, see ORP Orzel (disambiguation).
 ORL Orzeł with the 317 code designation |
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| Career (Poland) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | ORP Orzeł |
| Commissioned: | November 29, 1962 |
| Decommissioned: | December 31, 1983 |
| Fate: | Scrapped |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 1,100 t, surfaced 1,600, submerged |
| Length: | 76 m (249 ft 4 in) |
| Beam: | 6.7 m (21 ft 12 in) |
| Draft: | 4.9 m (16 ft 1 in) |
| Speed: | 17 knots (31 km/h/20 mph), surfaced 15 knots (28 km/h/17 mph), submerged |
| Complement: | 54 |
| Armament: | 4 x 533 mm (21.0 in) torpedo launchers (bow) 2 x 533 mm (21.0 in) torpedo launchers (stern) 18 torpedoes up to 52 naval mines |
ORP Orzeł was a Polish Navy Project 613 (Whiskey class in NATO code) submarine. It was built in the Soviet Union and was commissioned by the Polish Navy in 1962. It served under the code designation 292 (317 for a brief period) and was decommissioned in 1983.
Its sister boats in Polish service were:
- ORP Sokół (293)
- ORP Kondor (294)
- ORP Bielik (295)
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