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POLISH NAVY (POLAND)

TORPEDO SHIPS

WICHER destroyers (1950/1957-1958)

Wicher 1970

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Grom (ex-Sposobny) 53, 1960- 273 606 190 Zhdanov Yd, Leningrad, USSR 1.3.1950 30.4.1950 20.12.1950 // 15.12.1957 stricken 1972
Wicher (ex-Skory) 54, 1960- 274 603 190 Zhdanov Yd, Leningrad, USSR 15.2.1949 14.8.1949 26.9.1950 // 29.6.1958 stricken 1974
  

Displacement standard, t

2316

Displacement full, t

3066

Length, m

120.5

Breadth, m

12.0

Draught, m

4.26

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 TV-6 geared steam turbines sets, 4 KV-30 boilers

Power, h. p.

60000

Max speed, kts

35.5

Fuel, t

oil

Endurance, nm(kts) 2900(18)

Armament

2 x 2 - 130/51 B-2LM, 1 x 2 - 85/52 92K, 7 x 1 - 37/73 70K, 2 x 5 - 533 TT, 6 DCT, 2 DCR (50), 52 - 60 mines

Electronic equipment

Giuys-1M, P-10, Rif-1, Rym-1, Redan, Vympel-2, Redan-4 radars, Tamir-5N sonar

Complement

286

Project history: Former Soviet project 30bis destroyers.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Grom 1968

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

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