ORP Warszawa
History
Soviet Union
Name
  • Spravedlivy
  • Справедливый
NamesakeJust in Russian
BuilderZhdanov, Leningrad
Laid down25 December 1954
Launched12 April 1956
Commissioned20 December 1956
FateTransferred to Poland 25 June 1970
Poland
NameORP Warszawa
NamesakeWarsaw
Acquired25 June 1970
Decommissioned31 January 1986
General characteristics
Class and typeKotlin-class destroyer
Displacement
  • 2,662 t standard
  • 3230 t full load[1]
Length126.1 m (413 ft 9 in)[1]
Beam12.7 m (41 ft 8 in)[1]
Draught4.19 m (13 ft 9 in)[1]
Propulsion
  • 2× shaft geared steam turbines,
  • 4 boilers,
  • 72,000 shp (54 MW)[1]
Speed38 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]
Complement285[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. Built in Leningrad in the 1950s, she was originally named Spravedlivy in the Soviet Navy. She was later transferred to the Polish Navy in 1970, the only ship of this class to be so transferred. She served until 1986 when the vessel was decommissioned.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Gardiner and Chumbley 1995, p. 388.
  2. 1 2 3 Couhat and Baker 1986, pp. 388–389.
  • Couhat, Jean Labayle and A.D. Baker III. Combat Fleets of the World 1986/87. Annapolis, Maryland, USA:Naval Institute Press, 1986. ISBN 0-85368-860-5.
  • Gardiner, Robert and Stephen Chumbley. Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995. Annapolis, Maryland, USA:Naval Institute Press, 1995. ISBN 1-55750-132-7.


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