ORP Mewa

ORP Mewa
ORP Mewa
Name:	ORP Mewa
Builder:	Stocznia Gdyńska, Gdynia
General characteristics
Class & type:	Jaskółka class minesweeper
Displacement:	183 t standard
Length:	45,0 meters
Beam:	5,5 meters
Propulsion:	2 x Diesel engines, 1050 HP total
Speed:	17,5 knots
Armament:	1 x 75mm,; 2 x 7,92mm machine guns; 20 mines or 20 depth charges;

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ORP Mewa was a Jaskółka-class minesweeper of the Polish Navy at the outset of World War II. Mewa participated in the defense of Poland during the Nazi German invasion of 1939. The ship was damaged on 1 September 1939 by a Nazi bomb. On 3 September she was again hit by bombs and sank. The ship was later refloated and captured by the Germans. After the war, she returned to serve under the Polish flag.

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