Projekt 206FM-class minehunter

{{Short description|1960s Polish Navy mine-countermeasure vessels}}

{{Infobox ship begin

| sclass = 2

}}

{{Infobox ship image

| Ship image = File:Trałowiec- typu-206FM-sylwetka.jpg

| Ship caption = Type 206FM silhouette

}}

{{Infobox ship class overview

| Name = *Project 206F class minesweeper/

  • project 206FM class minehunter

| Builders = *Komuny Paryskiej Shipyard

| Operators = {{Navy|Poland}}

| Class before =

| Class after =

| Subclasses =

| Cost =

| Built range = 1961-1965

| In service range =

| In commission range =

| Total ships building =

| Total ships planned =

| Total ships completed = 12

| Total ships cancelled =

| Total ships active = 0

| Total ships laid up =

| Total ships lost =

| Total ships retired = 12

| Total ships scrapped = 9

| Total ships preserved =

}}

{{Infobox ship characteristics

| Hide header =

| Header caption = {{cite web |url=http://www.mw.mil.pl/index.php?akcja=projekt206fm |title=Projektu 206F |work=Polish Navy |year=2012 |accessdate=12 October 2012|language=pl}}

| Ship type = Minesweeper / minehunter

| Ship tonnage =

| Ship displacement = *{{Convert|426|t|LT|lk=on|abbr=on}} standard

  • {{Convert|503|t|LT|abbr=on}} full load{{cite web |url= http://www.worldnavalships.com/polish_navy.htm |title=Polish Navy ship classes |work=worldnavalships.com |year=2012 |accessdate=12 October 2012}}

| Ship length = {{Convert|58.2|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

| Ship beam = {{Convert|7.7|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

| Ship height =

| Ship draught = {{Convert|2.14|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

| Ship depth =

| Ship hold depth =

| Ship decks =

| Ship deck clearance =

| Ship power =

| Ship propulsion = 2 × Sulzer-Cegielski {{Convert|1700|hp|0|abbr=on}} diesel engines, 2 shafts

| Ship speed = {{Convert|18|kn|lk=in}}

| Ship range =

| Ship endurance =

| Ship complement = 49

| Ship sensors =

| Ship EW =

| Ship armament = 3 x 2M-3 (25mm dual-barrel naval cannons)

| Ship armour =

| Ship notes =

}}

The Project 206FM class (NATO reporting name: "Krogulec"-class), originally designated Project 206F, were mine-countermeasure vessels of the Polish Navy built during the mid-1960s.

Class history

The twelve ships of this class were built at the Komuny Paryskiej Shipyard in Gdynia as coastal minesweepers Project 206F class, and served as the 9th Coastal Defence Flotilla at Hel. Most of the class were decommissioned by the early 1990s, though three were modernised around 2000,{{cite web |url= http://combatfleetoftheworld.blogspot.co.uk/2011/10/future-of-polish-navy.html |title=Future of the Polish Navy |work=Combat Fleets Of The World |year=2012 |accessdate=12 October 2012}} and remain in service as minehunters (their designation was changed to Project 206FM for Modernized). Last ship war retired from service on 8 December 2021.

Ships

The 12 ships in the class were:

class="wikitable"
NameLaunchedCommissionedDecommissioned
ORP Orlik (613)??1989
ORP Krogulec (614)???
ORP Jastrząb (615)??1990
ORP Kormoran (616)??1993
ORP Czapla (617)??1990
ORP Albatros (618)???
ORP Pelikan (619)??1993
ORP Tukan (620)???
ORP Flaming (621)5 May 196511 October 19664 December 2020{{cite web |url= https://defence24.pl/sily-zbrojne/orp-flaming-opuscil-bandere |title=ORP FLAMING |date=4 December 2020 }}
ORP Rybitwa (622)???
ORP Mewa (623)22 December 19669 May 196730 December 2019{{Cite web|url=https://www.altair.com.pl/news/view?news_id=29648|title = Spuszczenie bandery na ORP Mewa}}
ORP Czajka (624)17 December 196617 June 19678 December 2021{{cite web |url= https://dziennikbaltycki.pl/po-ponad-54-latach-orp-czajka-konczy-swoja-sluzbe-w-marynarce-wojennej-rp-na-okrecie-opuszczono-bandere/ar/c1-15942407 |title=ORP CZAJKA |date=8 December 2021 }}

{{Gallery

|title=Gallery

|File:ORP Mewa.JPG|alt1=ORP Mewa in June 2011|ORP Mewa in June 2011

|File:ORP Flaming 4890.JPG|alt2=ORP Flaming in April 2012|ORP Flaming in April 2012

}}

References