ORP Tur

Twin minesweeper ORP Delfin
History
Poland
Name	ORP Tur
Builder	Stocznia Gdynia, Gdynia
Laid down	July 23, 1956
Launched	December 22, 1956
Commissioned	August 6, 1957
Decommissioned	October 31, 1991
Fate	sank on 14 January 1993, raised and scrapped
General characteristics
Class and type	minesweeper
Type	T43-class minesweeper
Displacement	standard: 500 t (490 long tons) full: 597 t (588 long tons)
Length	58 m (190 ft 3 in)
Beam	8.5 m (27 ft 11 in)
Draft	2.3 m (7 ft 7 in)
Propulsion	2 × 9D diesel engines, total power of 2,200 hp 2 propellers
Speed	14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Range	3,200 nautical miles at a speed of 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Crew	77
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 autocannons (2 twin mounts) 8 × 12.7 mm heavy machine guns (4 twin mounts) 2 depth charge racks, 10–16 naval mines

ORP Tur was a Polish minesweeper from the Cold War era, one of three vessels built under a Soviet license as part of the Project 254K series. Launched on 22 December 1956 at the Stocznia Gdynia, the ship entered service with the Polish Navy on 6 August 1957. Bearing hull designations T-62 and later 602, this heavily utilized vessel spent most of its career with the 12th Base Minesweeper Squadron of the 8th Coastal Defence Flotilla in Świnoujście. In 1978, the minesweeper was converted into a research vessel and served in this role until October 1991, as the last Polish unit of Project 254. While awaiting scrapping, the ship sank during a storm in Gdynia on 14 January 1993, and was later raised and scrapped.