ORP Burza
Service
- as ORP Burza10 July 1932 — 28 June 19602,193 days of the war
- Name
- ORP Burza
- Namesake
- Thunderstorm
- Builder
- Chantiers Navals Français, Blainville
- Ordered
- 2 April 1926
- Laid down
- 1 November 1927
- Launched
- 16 April 1929
- Commissioned
- 10 July 1932
- Decommissioned
- 28 June 1960
- Fate
- Scrapped 1977 (1977)
- Status
- Scrapped
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,378 long tons (1,400 t)
- Length
- 106.9 m (350.7 ft)
- Beam
- 10.5 m (34.4 ft)
- Draught
- 3.5 m (11.5 ft)
- Speed
- 33.8 knots (62.6 km/h, 38.9 mph)
- Complement
- 162
- Main gun
- 240 mm (9.4 in)
ORP Burza was a Wicher-class destroyer, operated by the Polish Navy. She was named for Thunderstorm. Her keel was laid at Chantiers Navals Français, Blainville on 1 November 1927. She entered service on 10 July 1932, having been launched on 16 April 1929.
She was one of two ships of her class. The Grom-class destroyer followed.
She displaced 1,378 long tons. She measured 106.9 m (351 ft) long with a beam of 10.5 m (34 ft). Her designed speed was 33.8 knots, and she carried a complement of 162.
Her main battery was two 240 mm (9.4 in) guns. Her machinery developed 35,000 shp.
She was in commission for 2,193 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 28 June 1960.
She was broken up for scrap in 1977.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- Geared turbines
- Power
- 35000 shp
- Armament
- 4 × 130 mm guns
- 2 × 40 mm wz. 28 AA guns
- 4 × 13.2 mm guns
- 2 × triple 550 mm/533 mm/450 mm torpedo tubes
- 2 × 240 mm Thornycroft depth charge launchers
- 2 × Wz BH200 depth charge launchers
- 60 × wz. 08 naval mines
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from ORP Burza on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: HZ — home archive — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons