ORP Arctowski

ORP Arctowski
History
Poland
Name	ORP Arctowski
Builder	Northern Shipyard, Gdańsk
Launched	20 February 1982
Commissioned	27 November 1982
Identification	MMSI number: 261246000 Callsign: SPWB
Status	Active as of 2018
General characteristics
Class & type	Modified Finik class
Displacement	1218 tons
Length	61.6 m (202 ft 1 in)
Beam	10.8 m (35 ft 5 in)
Draft	3.3 m (10 ft 10 in)
Propulsion	2 engines Cegielski-Sulzer 6AL25/30 diesels, 1920 hp each 2 auxiliary motors, 204 hp each 2 shafts bow thruster
Speed	13.7 knots (25.4 km/h; 15.8 mph)
Complement	49
Armament	none

ORP Arctowski is a survey ship of the Polish Navy. Launched in 1982 in Poland, she is the lead ship of the Projekt 874 class, known as modified Finik-class in NATO code. She is the sister ship of ORP Heweliusz. ^[1] She is named after Henryk Arctowski, a Polish scientist and explorer. ^[2]

In July 2006, the crew of the ship performed the positive identification of the wreckage of the German World War II aircraft carrier Graf Zeppelin. ^[3]

References

1. "ORP Heweliusz, ORP Arctowski". Polish Navy. Archived from the original on 2011-08-07. Retrieved 2013-04-28.
2. Verlinden, Jozef (1993). Poolnacht - Adrien de Gerlache en de Belgica expeditie (in Dutch). Tielt: Lannoo. p. 231. ISBN   902092298X.
3. "Polish navy finds wreck of Graf Zeppelin". NBC News. AP. 2006-07-27. Retrieved 2013-04-28.