ORP Wicher (1928)
Service
- as ORP Wicher8 July 1930 — 3 September 19392 days of the war
- Name
- ORP Wicher
- Pennant / hull number
- 1928
- Namesake
- Gale
- Builder
- Chantiers Navals Français, Blainville-sur-Orne, Caen
- Ordered
- 2 April 1926
- Laid down
- 19 February 1927
- Launched
- 10 July 1928
- Commissioned
- 8 July 1930
- Fate
- Sunk 3 September 1939 (1939)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- 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 Wicher was a Wicher-class destroyer in service with the Polish Navy. She carried the pennant number 1928. The ship was named after Gale. Her keel was laid at Chantiers Navals Français, Blainville-sur-Orne, Caen on 19 February 1927. Launched on 10 July 1928, she entered service on 8 July 1930.
Her class ran to two ships. The Grom-class destroyer followed.
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.
She was in commission for 2 days of the Second World War.
She was sunk on 3 September 1939, at 54°36′N 18°46′E. The wreck survives.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Armament
- 1930:
- 4 × 130 mm guns
- 2 × 40 mm wz. 28 AA guns
- 2 × triple 550 mm/533 mm/450 mm torpedo tubes
- 2 × 240 mm Thornycroft depth charge launchers
- 2 × Wz BH200 depth charge launchers
- 2 × 60 wz. 08 naval mines
- 1939:
- 4 × 130 mm wz. 19/24 Schneider-Creusot Model 1924 guns
- 2 × 40 mm wz. 28 Vickers-Armstrong 2 pdr Mk II AA guns
- 4 × 13.2 mm wz. 30 HMGs (2x2)
- 2 × double 550 mm/533 mm/450 mm torpedo launchers
- 2 × Wz BH200 depth charge launchers
- 60 × wz. 08 naval mines
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from ORP Wicher (1928) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons