Piorun 1942
Piorun 1943
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Piorun (ex-Nerissa) | G65 - D165 | 563 | John Brown, Clydebank, UK | 7/1939 | 7.5.1940 | 11/1940 | to UK 9.1946 (Noble) |
|
Displacement standard, t |
1773 |
|
Displacement full, t |
2350 |
|
Length, m |
103.5 pp 108.7 oa |
|
Breadth, m |
10.9 |
|
Draught, m |
4.16 |
|
No of shafts |
2 |
|
Machinery |
2 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
40000 |
|
Max speed, kts |
36 |
|
Fuel, t |
oil 464 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 5500(15) |
|
Armament |
3 x 2 - 120/45 QF Mk XII, 1 x 1 - 102/45 QF Mk V, 1 x 4 - 40/39 2pdr QF Mk VIII, 4 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 2 x 2 - 12.7/62, 1 x 5 -533 TT, 2 DCT, 1 DCR (20 DC) |
|
Electronic equipment |
type 285, type 286/P radars, type 124 sonar |
|
Complement |
183 - 218 |
Project history: British destroyer Nerissa of N class, transferred to Polish Navy 10.10.1940 and commissioned 5.11.1940 as Piorun.
Modernizations: 1942: - 1 x 1 - 102/45, 2 x 1 - 20/70, 2 x 2 - 12.7/62; + 4 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 1 x 5 - 533 TT
1943 - 1944: - type 286/P radar; + 2 DCT, 1 DCR (DC stowage was 45 pcs), type 271 or type 293, type 291 radars
Naval service: No significant events.
Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.
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