Draft:ORP Nurek

History
Polish Navy (Second Polish Republic)
NameORP Nurek
BuilderPolish Navy Shipyard
Laid down1935
LaunchedNovember 1, 1936
Out of serviceSeptember 1, 1939
Fatesunk
General characteristics
Class and typedepot ship
Displacement110 t (240,000 lb)
Length29 m (95 ft)
Draft1.4 m (4.6 ft)
Propulsion1 Nohab 4DG diesel engine with 260 hp
Speed10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Range150 nmi (280 km; 170 mi)
Complementbetween 19 and 21 officers and sailors
Armament2 MG 08 machine guns, caliber 7.92 mm

ORP Nurek was a Polish diver depot ship from the interwar period and the beginning of World War II. Built at the Polish Navy Shipyard in Gdynia, it was commissioned in 1936 as a diver support and rescue and salvage ship, particularly for submarines. It participated in the construction of the ports in Hel and Władysławowo. The ship was bombed and sunk on September 1 in the Gdynia Naval Port; the wreck was salvaged by the Germans and scrapped.


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