Orkan 1942
Orkan 1943
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Orkan (ex-Myrmidon) | G90 | 676 | Fairfield, Govan, UK | 12/1939 | 2.3.1942 | 7.1942 // 11.1942 | sunk 8.10.1943 |
|
Displacement standard, t |
1920 |
|
Displacement full, t |
2725 |
|
Length, m |
105.3 pp 110.5 oa |
|
Breadth, m |
11.2 |
|
Draught, m |
4.39 deep load |
|
No of shafts |
2 |
|
Machinery |
2 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
48000 |
|
Max speed, kts |
36 |
|
Fuel, t |
oil 537 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 5500(15) |
|
Armament |
3 x 2 - 120/50 QF Mk XI, 1 x 1 - 102/45 QF Mk V, 1 x 4 - 40/39 2pdr QF Mk VIII, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 2 x 4 - 12.7/62, 2 x 2 - 12.7/62, 1 x 4 - 533 TT, 2 DCT, 1 DCR (45 DC) |
|
Electronic equipment |
type 285, type 291 radars, type 128 sonar |
|
Complement |
190 - 226 |
Project history: British destroyer Myrmidon of M class, transferred to Polish Navy 18.11.1942 and commissioned in the following month as Orkan.
Modernizations: Autumn 1942: - 2 x 4 - 12.7/62; + 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV
late 1942: - 2 x 2 - 12.7/62; + 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV
Naval service: 8.10.1943 at escorting of SC-143 convoy Orkan was sunk in Northern Atlantic by German submarine U378.
Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.
© Ivan Gogin, 2009-15