ORP Gryf (Wodnik class)
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For other ships of the same name, see ORP Gryf (disambiguation).
| Career (Poland) | Naval Ensign of Poland |
|---|---|
| Name: | ORP Gryf |
| Ordered: | 1975 |
| Builder: |
Northern Shipyard Gdańsk |
| Launched: | 1976 |
| Commissioned: | 1976 |
| Decommissioned: | May 31, 2005 |
| Fate: | converted to base ship |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Wodnik class |
| Displacement: |
standard: 1489t full: 1745t |
| Length: | 72.24 m (237 ft 0 in) |
| Beam: | 11.99 m (39 ft 4 in) |
| Draft: | 4.1 m (13 ft 5 in) |
| Speed: | 16.8 knots (31.1 km/h; 19.3 mph) |
| Complement: | 56 + 100 |
| Armament: |
before 1990: 2 double AK-230 30 mm (1.2 in) guns, 2 double ZU-23-2 m (6 ft 7 in) 23 mm (0.91 in) guns, 2 45 mm (1.8 in) salute guns currently: none |
ORP Gryf (Wodnik class) is a Polish schoolship of the Polish Navy, a third vessel to bear that name. She is named after the notable Polish WWII minelayer. Built in Northern Shipyard in Gdańsk as a sister ship of ORP Wodnik, in 1976 she replaced the previous ORP Gryf in her role of a school ship.
Prior to the Gulf War she was refurbished in Gdynia and became a hospital ship. In that role she was sent to the Persian Gulf and took part in the conflict. Currently she serves as a base ship and harbour-locked naval school of the Polish Navy.
