Polish Ship Involved
Destroyer
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| ORP Piorun |
| ORP Piorun (British "N" Class) | ||
| General Details | ||
| Nationality | Polish | |
| Type | Destroyer | |
| Builder | Clydebank | |
| Laid down | N/A | |
| Launched | 7 May 1940 | |
| Commissioned | N/A | |
| Fate | Originally British destroyer named G.65 Nerissa. Polish Piorun (1940-46) Noble (1946) Scrapped December 1955 at Dunstons |
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| Displacement | ||
| Standard | 1.690 tons | |
| Maximum | 1.760 tons | |
| Dimensions | ||
| Lenght (waterline) | 103,5 meter (339,5 feet) | |
| Lenght (Overall) | 108,6 meter (356,5 feet) | |
| Beam | 10,9 meter (35,75 feet) | |
| Draft | 2,7 meter (9 feet) | |
| Armament | ||
| Main Battery | 6 x 11,9 cm (4,7") (3 x 2) | |
| AA | 4 x 2 pdr. (1 x 4), 2 x 20 mm (0,78 inch) Oerlikon Mk.5 AA 8 x 0,5 mm (0.02 inch) MG (2 x 4) |
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| Torpedoes | 10 x 53,3 cm (21 inches) (2 x 5) | |
| Propulsion | ||
| Boilers | 2 Admiralty 3 drum type | |
| Turbines | 2 Clydebank | |
| Shafts | 2 | |
| Horsepower | 40.000 shp | |
| Endurance | N/A | |
| Speed | 36 knots | |
| Oil Bunkerage | N/A | |
| Complement | ||
| Usual | 183 | |
| Maximum Wartime | 220 | |
| Roll of Honour | ||
| Bismarck | Operation "Rheinübung" | |
| Tirpitz | In Norway | |
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