Three ships of the Polish Navy have been named ORP Orkan (Polish: windstorm): Orkan was the planned name for the second improved Grom-class destroyer....
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ORP Orkan is an Orkan-class fast attack craft and sister ship of Grom and Piorun. The original project was prepared by the German Democratic Republic...
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ORP Orkan, formerly HMS Myrmidon, was an M-class destroyer of the Polish Navy during World War II. Orkan is Polish for "hurricane". The destroyer was sunk...
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Grom-class destroyer ORP Huragan ORP Orkan Wicher-class destroyer ORP Burza Grom-class destroyer ORP Grom ORP Błyskawica Orzeł-class submarine ORP Orzeł Wilk-class...
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(1875–1930), Polish writer ORP Orkan, name of several Polish ships ORP Orkan (1992), Polish missile boat of the Orkan class Orkan, a WWII Vorpostenboot European...
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Polish) "Dwa lata na remont ORP Orkan, potem modernizacja". "Nauta wyremontuje ORP Piorun". "okręty rakietowe projektu 660, typu Orkan (NATO: Sassnitz)." (in...
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frigates ORP 421 Orkan, ORP 422 Piorun and ORP 423 Grom - Orkan-class missile corvettes ORP 240 Kaszub - single ship ASW corvette Project 620 ORP 241 Ślązak...
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Grom-class destroyer (1939) (redirect from ORP Orkan and ORP Huragan)
destroyers so constructed, and were to be named Huragan ("hurricane") and Orkan ("windstorm"), respectively. Their design included greater power and displacement...
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ORP Grom is an Orkan-class fast attack craft. It is the sister ship of Orkan and Piorun. The ship was the result of a construction project undertaken by...
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destroyer received from the USSR in 1957 and decommissioned in 1973. ORP Grom (1995) is an Orkan-class fast attack craft launched in 1995 and currently serving...
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Destroyers ORP Błyskawica ORP Grom ORP Burza ORP Wicher ORP Garland ORP Orkan ORP Huragan ORP Piorun Escort destroyers ORP Krakowiak ORP Kujawiak ORP Ślązak...
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ORP Huragan may refer to: The planned ORP Huragan and ORP Orkan, or Improved Grom-class destroyers French destroyer Ouragan This article includes a list...
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transferred back to the Royal Navy after the end of the war. ORP Piorun (1994), an Orkan-class fast attack craft built in the German Democratic Republic...
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destroyer launched in 1942 and loaned to the Polish Navy in that year, and as ORP Orkan (G90) sunk in 1943 by U-378. The seventh HMS Myrmidon (1944) was a minesweeper...
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(Wicher class) ORP Grom – Thunder (Grom class) sunk 1940 ORP Błyskawica – Lightning (Grom class) ORP Garland (British G class) ORP Orkan – Windstorm (British...
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Ex-Combattants' Associations. On the 45th anniversary of the sinking of the ORP Orkan (G90), 8 October 1988, another commemorative plaque was installed in memory...
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USS LST-448, Sposobny 6 Oct: Yūgumo 7 Oct: USS Chevalier, USS S-44 8 Oct: ORP Orkan, U-419, U-610, U-643, SS Dainichi Maru 9 Oct: USS Buck, HMS Panther 11...
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class) – lost 1940 ORP Błyskawica ("Lightning") (Grom class) ORP Garland (G-class) ORP Orkan (M-class), - torpedoed October 1943 OF Ouragan ("Hurricane"...
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ORP Piorun is an Orkan-class fast attack craft and sister ship of Grom and Orkan. The original project was prepared by the German Democratic Republic for...
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1939 2 March 1942 5 December 1942 Loaned to the Polish Navy and renamed ORP Orkan. Sunk by submarine, 8 October 1943 Matchless Alexander Stephen & Sons...
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previously on the minelayer ORP Gryf. There were two ships built: ORP Grom - Sunk on 4 May 1940 in Ofotfjord near Narvik ORP Blyskawica - Currently preserved...
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Royal Navy Polish Navy M Destroyer 1,920 18 November 1942 to Poland as ORP Orkan 18 November 1942; sunk 8 October 1943 Naganami Imperial Japanese Navy...
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[citation needed] Sikorski's body was collected by the Polish Navy destroyer ORP Orkan and transported to Britain. He was subsequently buried in a brick-lined...
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USS LST-448, Sposobny 6 Oct: Yūgumo 7 Oct: USS Chevalier, USS S-44 8 Oct: ORP Orkan, U-419, U-610, U-643, SS Dainichi Maru 9 Oct: USS Buck, HMS Panther 11...
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USS LST-448, Sposobny 6 Oct: Yūgumo 7 Oct: USS Chevalier, USS S-44 8 Oct: ORP Orkan, U-419, U-610, U-643, SS Dainichi Maru 9 Oct: USS Buck, HMS Panther 11...
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USS LST-448, Sposobny 6 Oct: Yūgumo 7 Oct: USS Chevalier, USS S-44 8 Oct: ORP Orkan, U-419, U-610, U-643, SS Dainichi Maru 9 Oct: USS Buck, HMS Panther 11...
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were able to attack; U-645 torpedoed and sank Yorkmar, and U-378 hit ORP Orkan which sank with the loss of 157 men. This was the worst naval loss suffered...
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USS LST-448, Sposobny 6 Oct: Yūgumo 7 Oct: USS Chevalier, USS S-44 8 Oct: ORP Orkan, U-419, U-610, U-643, SS Dainichi Maru 9 Oct: USS Buck, HMS Panther 11...
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USS LST-448, Sposobny 6 Oct: Yūgumo 7 Oct: USS Chevalier, USS S-44 8 Oct: ORP Orkan, U-419, U-610, U-643, SS Dainichi Maru 9 Oct: USS Buck, HMS Panther 11...
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ORP Jastrząb ("Hawk") was a former S-class submarine, originally of the United States Navy, in Polish service between 1941 and 1942, when she was lost...
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