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ORP Arctowski

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ORP Arctowski
History
Poland
NameORP Arctowski
BuilderNorthern Shipyard, Gdańsk
Launched20 February 1982
Commissioned27 November 1982
Identification
StatusActive as of 2018
General characteristics
Class and typeModified Finik class
Displacement1218 tons
Length61.6 m (202 ft 1 in)
Beam10.8 m (35 ft 5 in)
Draft3.3 m (10 ft 10 in)
Propulsion
  • 2 engines Cegielski-Sulzer 6AL25/30 diesels, 1920 hp each
  • 2 auxiliary motors, 204 hp each
  • 2 shafts
  • bow thruster
Speed13.7 knots (25.4 km/h; 15.8 mph)
Complement49
Armamentnone

ORP Arctowski is a survey ship of the Polish Navy. Launched in 1982 in Poland, she is the lead ship of the Projekt 874 class, known as modified Finik class in NATO code. She is the sister ship of ORP Heweliusz.[1] She is named after Henryk Arctowski, a Polish scientist and explorer.[2]

In July 2006, the crew of the ship performed the positive identification of the wreckage of the German World War II aircraft carrier Graf Zeppelin.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "ORP Heweliusz, ORP Arctowski". Polish Navy. Retrieved 2013-04-28.
  2. ^ Verlinden, Jozef (1993). Poolnacht - Adrien de Gerlache en de Belgica expeditie (in Dutch). Tielt: Lannoo. p. 231. ISBN 902092298X.
  3. ^ "Polish navy finds wreck of Graf Zeppelin". NBC News. AP. 2006-07-27. Retrieved 2013-04-28.