Lech (1904)

Lech in 1932
History
German Empire
Name	Hercules (1904) Brussa (1921)
Builder	Schichau-Werke, Elbląg
Launched	1904
Commissioned	1904
History
Polish Merchant Navy
Name	Krakus
Commissioned	1926
History
Polish Armed Forces
Name	Lech
Commissioned	1930
Decommissioned	September 14, 1939
Fate	sunk
History
Polish People's Republic
Name	Lech
Commissioned	January 1, 1946
Decommissioned	August 28, 1946
History
Polish People's Republic
Name	BG-6 → H-6
Commissioned	January 26, 1957
Decommissioned	April 1, 1983
General characteristics
Class and type	tugboat
Displacement	280 t (280 long tons)
Length	30.8 m (101 ft 1 in)
Beam	6.53 m (21 ft 5 in)
Draft	3.57 m (11 ft 9 in)
Propulsion	triple-expansion steam engine, 450 hp
Speed	12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Crew	12

Lech was a steam-powered tugboat that served in the Polish Navy during the interwar period and, after World War II, until the 1980s under the designation H-6. Built in 1904, it initially operated under German shipowners as Hercules and Brussa, and later under the Polish shipowner Żegluga Wisła – Bałtyk [pl] as Krakus. It joined the Polish Navy in 1930 and was sunk during the 1939 September Campaign. After the war, it briefly returned to service in 1946 and, following a refit, resumed operations in 1957 as H-6. It was decommissioned in 1983, the last steam tugboat in the Polish Navy.