ORP Błyskawica
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ORP Błyskawica (Lightning) is a Grom-class destroyer which served in the Polish Navy during World War II. She is the only Polish Navy ship to have been decorated with the Virtuti Militari, Poland's highest military order for gallantry, and in 2012 was given the Pro Memoria Medal. Błyskawica is preserved as a museum ship in Gdynia and is the oldest preserved destroyer in the world. Błyskawica is moored next to the Dar Pomorza.
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ORP Błyskawica, modern view | |
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Poland | |
Name | ORP Błyskawica |
Builder | J. Samuel White, East Cowes |
Laid down | September 1935 |
Launched | 1 October 1936 |
Commissioned | 25 November 1937 |
Decommissioned | 1 May 1976 |
Honours and awards | |
Status | Museum ship |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Grom-class destroyer |
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Length | 114 m (374 ft 0 in) |
Beam | 11.3 m (37 ft 1 in) |
Draft | 3.3 m (10 ft 10 in) |
Speed | 39 knots (72 km/h; 45 mph) |
Complement | 192 |
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She was the second of two Grom (Thunderbolt)-class destroyers built for the Polish Navy by J. Samuel White, of Cowes, in 1935–37. The Grom class were two of the most heavily armed and fastest destroyers in World War II.