ORP Mewa
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| Career (Poland) |
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| Name: |
ORP Mewa |
| Builder: |
Stocznia Gdyńska, Gdynia |
| General characteristics |
| Class and type: |
Jaskółka class minesweeper |
| Displacement: |
183 t standard |
| Length: |
45,0 meters |
| Beam: |
5,5 meters |
| Propulsion: |
2 x Diesel engines, 1050 HP total |
| Speed: |
17,5 knots |
| Armament: |
- 1 x 75mm,
- 2 x 7,92mm machine guns
- 20 mines or 20 depth charges
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ORP Mewa was a Jaskółka-class minesweeper of the Polish Navy at the outset of World War II. Mewa participated in the defense of Poland during the Nazi German invasion of 1939. The ship was damaged on 1 September 1939 by a Nazi bomb. On 3 September she was again hit by bombs and sank. The ship was later refloated and captured by the Germans. After the war, she returned to serve under the Polish flag.
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