ORP Orzel (Whiskey class)
- For other ships of the Polish Navy named ORP Orzeł see: ORP Orzeł (disambiguation)
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| Commissioned: | November 29, 1962 |
| Decommissioned: | December 31, 1983 |
| Fate: | scrapped |
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| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 1100 tons (surfaced) 1600 tons (submerged) |
| Length: | 76 m |
| Beam: | 6,7 m |
| Draft: | 4,9 m |
| Speed: | 17 knots ( km/h) surface 15 knots ( km/h) submerged |
| Complement: | 54 |
| Armament: | 4 533 mm torpedo launchers (bow) 2 533 (406) mm torpedo launchers (stern) 18 torpedoes instead of torpedoes up to 52 naval mines |
ORP Orzeł was a Polish Navy Project 613 (Whiskey class in NATO code) submarine. It was built in the Soviet Union and was commissioned by the Polish Navy in 1962. It served under the code designation 292 (317 for a brief period) and was decommissioned in 1983.
Its sister ships in Polish service were:
- ORP Sokół (293)
- ORP Kondor (294)
- ORP Bielik (295)
Model of ORP Orzeł
Categories: Polish Navy submarines