ORP Rolnik
{{short description|Tarantul I-class corvette}}
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{{Infobox ship image | Ship image = Image:ORP Rolnik cropped.jpg | Ship caption = ORP Rolnik underway off Gdynia }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = | Ship country = Soviet Union | Ship flag = {{shipboxflag|Soviet Union|naval}} | Ship name = *R-833
| Ship owner = | Ship operator = | Ship ordered = | Ship awarded = | Ship builder = | Ship yard number = | Ship way = | Ship laid down = | Ship launched = | Ship sponsor = | Ship christened = | Ship completed = | Ship acquired = | Ship fate = Transferred to Poland, 1989 }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = title | Ship country = Poland | Ship flag = {{shipboxflag|Poland|naval}} | Ship name = Rolnik | Ship namesake = Rolnik | Ship commissioned = 4 February 1989 | Ship recommissioned = | Ship decommissioned = 3 December 2013 | Ship in service = | Ship out of service = | Ship renamed = | Ship reclassified = | Ship refit = | Ship struck = | Ship reinstated = | Ship homeport = | Ship identification = *{{MMSI Number|261236000}}
| Ship motto = | Ship nickname = | Ship honours = | Ship honors = | Ship captured = | Ship fate = Scrapped, 2020 | Ship notes = | Ship badge = }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = | Ship class = Tarantul I-class corvette | Ship displacement = *{{Convert|385|t|LT|lk=on|abbr=on}}, standard
| Ship length = {{Convert|56.1|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship beam = {{Convert|10.2|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship height = | Ship draft = {{Convert|2.2|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship depth = | Ship hold depth = | Ship decks = | Ship deck clearance = | Ship propulsion = *2 × M-15E gas turbines
| Ship speed = {{Convert|43|kn|lk=in}} | Ship power = {{Convert|17000|hp|0|abbr=on}} | Ship endurance = 10 days | Ship complement = 37 crew | Ship sensors = *Garpun-E FCS
| Ship range = {{convert|2200|nmi|lk=in|abbr=on}} at {{Convert|14|kn|lk=in}} | Ship armament = *1 × single AK-176M gun
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ORP Rolnik ({{langx|pl|farmer}}) was a Polish Navy missile {{sclass2|Tarantul|corvette}}. Built in Rybinsk for the Soviet Navy as R-833, the ship was acquired by Poland in 1989 and served until 2013.
Description
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Internationally, the ship was classified as a small corvette, while in Poland it was referred to as a missile ship. It was powered by two gas turbines with a maximum horsepower of 12,000 HP, allowing it to reach speeds of over 43 knots. Rolnik
= Radar equipment =
- Garpun-E target acquisition radar (NATO: "Plank Shave")
- MR-123 fire control radar (NATO: "Bass Tilt")
- Pechora-1 navigational radar
= Armament =
- Nichrom-RR recognition system
- P-21/P-22 anti-ship missiles
History
The success of the Osa-class missile boats caused the Soviet Union to begin looking for a successor class to replace the aging ships. Development of the Tarantul I-class corvettes began in 1965, with an assumption that the new ships would be 400-500 tons and carry a new missile system. After planning was completed by CKMB Almaz, construction began on Rolnik in 1969. The ship was built in the Rybinsk Shipyard under the yard number 01722 and the designation R-833.
After several decades of service within the Soviet Navy, the boat was purchased by Poland in 1989. Upon commissioning into the Polish Navy on 4 February 1989, Rolnik was assigned to a new independent group of missile ships. Later, the ship was reassigned to the 2nd Missile and Torpedo Boat Squadron of the 3rd Ship Flotilla. In 2004, the ship was moved to the Missile Ships Squadron, and then to its final assignment in the Battle Ships Squadron.
From 1989 to 2009, Rolnik launched thirty-two rockets and travelled a total of fifty thousand miles. It participated in several international exercises in the Baltic Sea, including BALTOPS and PASSEX. The ship was decommissioned at the Naval Port in Gdynia on 3 December 2013.{{cite web|access-date=2013-12-03|archive-date=6 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306022424/http://www.mw.mil.pl/index.php?vhost=www&akcja=news&id=21777&limes=|date=3 December 2013|title=Opuszczenie bandery na dwóch okrętach rakietowych MW|url=http://www.mw.mil.pl/index.php?vhost=www&akcja=news&id=21777&limes=|website=mw.mil.pl}}
In April of 2020 the ship was scrapped at the Vistal shipyard in Gdynia.https://www.naszbaltyk.com/morskie-kadry-antka/4153-dluga-agonia-ostatnich-tarantulwww.naszbaltyk.com/morskie-kadry-antka/4153-dluga-agonia-ostatnich-tarantul
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Category:Corvettes of the Polish Navy