ORP Warszawa (1956)

Career (Soviet Union)  Soviet Navy
Name: Spravedlivyy
Laid down: 25 December 1954
Launched: 12 April 1956
Commissioned: 20 December 1956
Status: Transferred to Poland 25 June 1970
Career (Poland)  Polish Navy
Name: ORP Warszawa
Acquired: 25 June 1970
Decommissioned: 31 January 1986
General characteristics
Class and type: Kotlin Class (Project 56)
Displacement: 2,662 t standard
3230 t full load[1]
Length: 126.1 m (413 ft 9 in)[1]
Beam: 12.7 m (41 ft 8 in)[1]
Draught: 4.19 m (13 ft 9 in)[1]
Propulsion: 2× shaft geared steam turbines,
4 boilers,
72,000 shp (54 MW)[1]
Speed: 38 kn (70 km/h; 44 mph)[1]
Range: 1,050 nmi (1,940 km; 1,210 mi) at 36 kn (67 km/h; 41 mph)
3,600 nmi (6,700 km; 4,100 mi) at 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph)[2]
Complement: 285[2]
Sensors and
processing systems:
Radar: Fut -N (air search), Ryf (surface)
Sonar: Pegas
Armament:

Original
4× 130 mm (5.1 in) guns (2×2)
16× 45 mm (1.8 in) (4×4)
10× 533 mm (20 in) torpedo tubes (2×5)
6 depth charge throwers (later replaced by ASW mortars)
50× mines[1]

Project 56AE
1× twin S-125 Neva/Pechora (NATO SA-N-1) SAM (16 missiles)
2× 130 mm (5.1 in) guns (1×2)
4× 45 mm (1.8 in) (1×4)
5× 533 mm (20 in) torpedo tubes (1×5)
2× RBU-2500 ASW rocket launchers[2]

ORP Warszawa was a Kotlin-class destroyer.

She was originally the Spravedlivyy of the Soviet navy, built in Leningrad. She was later transferred to the Polish navy, the only ship of this class to be so transferred.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Gardiner and Chumbley 1995, p. 388.
  2. ^ a b c Couhat and Baker 1986, pp. 388–389.