ORP Czajka

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Career (Poland)

Name:	ORP Czajka
Builder:	Państwowa Stocznia Modlińska, Modlin
General characteristics
Class & 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

ORP Czajka was a Jaskółka class minesweeper of the Polish Navy at the outset of World War II. It was built by the riverine shipyard at Modlin. Czajka participated in the defense of Poland during the Nazi German invasion of 1939.

References

Chesneau, Roger (1980). All the world's fighting ships 1922-1946. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-146-7.

v t e Jaskółka-class minesweepers

Jaskółka Rybitwa Mewa Czajka Czapla Żuraw

List of ships of the Polish Navy

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