ORP Błyskawica - destroyer serving in the Polish Navy during World War II, currently preserved as a museum ship in Gdynia.
LOA: 114 m
BEAM: 11.3 m
draft: 3.6 m
DWT: 2782
speed: 40 kn (!)
turbine rating - 54000 hp
built: 1936
Since 1976 as a museum-warship berthed in Gdynia.
During the war the Polish navy ship "Błyskawica" covered a distance of 148 thousand of miles, quarded 83 convoys, carried out 108 operational patrols, participated in sinking two warships, damaged three submarines and shot down seven war-planes for sure.
Pictured: 07/2005