ORP Lublin

ORP Lublin (Pendant 821) is a Lublin-class minelayer-landing ship of Polish Navy named after the city of Lublin.[1]

ORP Lublin Świnoujście on 31 July 2012.
History
Poland
Name: Lublin
Namesake: Lublin
Builder: Northern Shipyard, Gdańsk
Laid down: 8 December 1987
Launched: 12 July 1988
Commissioned: 12 October 1989
Identification:
Status: Active
General characteristics
Class and type: Lublin class
Tonnage: 1675 tones
Length: 95.8 m (314 ft 4 in)
Beam: 10.8 m (35 ft 5 in)
Depth: 2.38 m (7 ft 10 in)
Installed power: 3x Cegielski-Sulzer 6ATL25D 1320 kW each
Speed: 16.5 knots
Capacity: 9 landing vessels up to 45 tones each
Armament:
  • 2 × ZU-23-2MR units composed of two 23 mm guns and two Strela-2M surface-to-air missile system
  • 9 × ŁWD 100/5000 launching tubes

Construction and career

The flag was raised on October 12, 1989. The ship is part of the 2nd Transport and Mine Ship Squadron in Świnoujście, belonging to the 8th Coastal Defense Flotilla. The ship is intended for transporting landing troops with equipment and vehicles, setting sea mines (takes 130 minutes at a time) and evacuating people. The first ship in the history of the Polish navy commanded by a woman.

  • ORP Lublin on 22 January 2010.
  • ORP Lublin on 22 January 2010.
  • ORP Lublin on 22 January 2010.
  • ORP Lublin on 22 January 2010.
  • ORP Lublin on 22 January 2010.

References
  1. "MDK 2 - Okręt Lublin". mdk2.lublin.pl. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
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