ORP Kraków

ORP Kraków (Pendant 823) is a Lublin-class minelayer-landing ship of Polish Navy named after the city of Kraków.

ORP Kraków on 31 July 2012.
History
Poland
Name: Kraków
Namesake: Kraków
Builder: Northern Shipyard, Gdańsk
Laid down: 18 August 1988
Launched: 7 March 1989
Commissioned: 27 June 1990
Identification:
Status: Active
General characteristics
Class and type: Lublin class
Tonnage: 1675 tones
Length: 95.8 m (314 ft 4 in)
Beam: 10.8 m (35 ft 5 in)
Depth: 2.38 m (7 ft 10 in)
Installed power: 3x Cegielski-Sulzer 6ATL25D 1320 kW each
Speed: 16.5 knots
Capacity: 9 landing vessels up to 45 tones each
Armament:
  • 2 × ZU-23-2MR units composed of two 23 mm guns and two Strela-2M surface-to-air missile system
  • 9 × ŁWD 100/5000 launching tubes

Construction and career

The ship was built at the Northern Shipyard in Gdańsk. The main designer was MSc. Stanisław Keński. The keel was laid on August 18, 1988, the ship was launched on March 7, 1989; the godmother is Mrs. Krystyna Rafa. The flag was raised on June 27, 1990.[1][2]

ORP Kraków is the second ship in history to bear this name. The first was the river monitor, built in the Kraków shipyard of Fabryka Zieleniewski. She served in the years 1926-39.[3]

References
  1. "2. Dywizjon Okrętów Transportowo - Minowych". Wojsko-Polskie.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  2. "Okręt trasportowo-minowy O.R.P. - Biuletyn Informacji Publicznej Miasta Krakowa - BIP MK". www.bip.krakow.pl. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  3. "Remont ORP Kraków - Nasz Bałtyk - morskie czasopismo". www.naszbaltyk.com. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
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