ORP Foka

Twin minesweeper ORP Delfin
History
Poland
Name	ORP Foka
Builder	Stocznia Gdynia, Gdynia
Laid down	May 24, 1958
Launched	August 22, 1958
Commissioned	April 26, 1959
Decommissioned	November 30, 1988
Fate	scrapped
General characteristics
Class and type	minesweeper
Type	T43-class minesweeper
Displacement	standard: 549 t (540 long tons) full: 606 t (596 long tons)
Length	full: 59 m (193 ft 7 in) at the waterline: 54 m (177 ft 2 in)
Beam	8.7 m (28 ft 7 in)
Draft	2.3 m (7 ft 7 in)
Propulsion	2 × 9D diesel engines, total power of 2,200 hp 2 propellers
Speed	15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Range	3,500 nautical miles at a speed of 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Crew	80
Sensors and processing systems	Tamir-11 sonar Lin-M radar Kremnij-2 identification friend or foe system ARP-50-1.2M radio direction finder
Armament	4 × 37 mm guns (2 twin mounts) 4 × 25 mm guns (2 twin mounts) 4 × 14.5 mm heavy machine guns (2 twin mounts) 2 depth charge racks, 10–16 naval mines

ORP Foka was a Polish minesweeper from the Cold War era, one of nine vessels built under a Soviet license as part of the Project 254M series. Launched on 22 August 1958 at the Stocznia Gdynia, the ship entered service with the Polish Navy on 26 April 1959. Bearing hull designations T-69 and later 609, this heavily utilized vessel spent most of its career with the 12th Base Minesweeper Squadron of the 8th Coastal Defence Flotilla in Świnoujście. After nearly 30 years of service, it was decommissioned in November 1988 and subsequently scrapped.