ORP Kaszub (1921)

ORP Mazur and ORP Kaszub (order unknown) leading three A 68 class torpedo boats, circa 1924.
History
German Empire
Name: SMS V108
Launched: 12 December 1914
Fate: Transferred to Poland, September 1921
Poland
Name: ORP Kaszub
Acquired: September 1921
Fate: destroyed by a boiler explosion, 20 July 1925
General characteristics
Class and type: V105-class destroyer
Displacement: 340 metric tons (330 long tons)
Length: 62 m (203.4 ft)
Beam: 6.2 m (20.3 ft)
Draft: 2.5 m (8.2 ft)
Installed power: 5,500 ihp (4,100 kW)
Propulsion:
Speed: 28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph)
Range: 1,400 nmi (2,600 km; 1,600 mi) at 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph)
Armament:

ORP "Kaszub" - torpedo boat (former V-108 [1] of Kaiserliche Marine), one of the first ships of the Polish Navy recreated after Poland regained its independence in 1918. In service from 1921 to 1925.

History

She was built in 1914 by Stettiner Maschinenbau A.G. Vulcan in Stettin, Germany (now in Poland). She was begun for a Dutch Navy order as Z-4 (along with three sister ships Z-1,Z-2,Z-3), but after the outbreak of World War I she was confiscated by Germany and commissioned as torpedo boat V-108,[1] taking an active part in World War I, fighting in the Baltic Sea against the Imperial Russian Navy.

Polish service

When the German Imperial Navy was divided among victorious powers in 1919 after World War I, Poland was granted six torpedo boats, among them V-108. The ship, then located in Britain, was overhauled there and arrived in Poland in October, 1921, officially entering into service. Poland also received her sister ship, V-105 as well (later the Polish ORP Mazur), and four smaller torpedo boats.

Demise

The ship was sunk by a boiler explosion on July 20, 1925.[1][2] The causes are unknown to this day. Three crewmen died.

Specifications[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Conway's all the world's fighting ships, 1906-1921 Google Books page
  2. ↑ Photo in Polish Narodowe Archiwum Cyfrowe (National Digital Archive)

See also

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