ORP Blyskawica floating museum
Polish DD ORP (Republic of Poland's Ship) Blyskawica (Ligthning) preserved as floating museum in the Port of Gdynia.

Launched at 1935 in J.Samuel White & Co.Ltd, Cowes, Great Britain, fought the Germans from the first to last day of WW2.

Data: displacement 1975/2400t, dimensions: 114x11,3x3,3m, propulsion: 2 steam Parsons turbines at 54000SHP, 42kts, crew:192, range: 3500NM at 15kts ; after 1942 she was armed with: 8x102mm, 2x2 Bofors 40mm AA, 4x20mm AA, 3 torpedo tubes, 4 DC throwers, 2 DC rack.

After the war she participated in Operation Deadlight, returned to Poland in 1947. -Marek Dąbrowski






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