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ORP Warszawa | |
History | |
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Soviet Union | |
Name |
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Namesake | Just in Russian |
Builder | Zhdanov, Leningrad |
Laid down | 25 December 1954 |
Launched | 12 April 1956 |
Commissioned | 20 December 1956 |
Fate | Transferred to Poland 25 June 1970 |
Poland | |
Name | ORP Warszawa |
Namesake | Warsaw |
Acquired | 25 June 1970 |
Decommissioned | 31 January 1986 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Kotlin-class destroyer |
Displacement |
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Length | 126.1 m (413 ft 9 in) [1] |
Beam | 12.7 m (41 ft 8 in) [1] |
Draught | 4.19 m (13 ft 9 in) [1] |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 38 kn (70 km/h; 44 mph) [1] |
Range |
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Complement | 285 [2] |
Sensors and processing systems |
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Armament |
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