ORP Orkan (G90)
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Myrmidon |
| Namesake | Myrmidon |
| Builder | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan, Scotland |
| Laid down | 7 December 1939 |
| Launched | 2 March 1942 |
| Stricken | 18 November 1942 |
| Fate | transferred to the Polish Navy |
| Poland | |
| Name | ORP Orkan |
| Namesake | European windstorm |
| Acquired | 18 November 1942 |
| Commissioned | 18 November 1942 |
| Fate | Sunk by U-378, 8 October 1943 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Class & type | M-class destroyer |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 362 ft 3 in (110.4 m) (o/a) |
| Beam | 37 ft (11.3 m) |
| Draught | 14 ft (4.3 m) |
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| Speed | 36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph) |
| Range | 5,500 nmi (10,200 km; 6,300 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Complement | 190 |
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ORP Orkan, formerly HMS Myrmidon, was an M-class destroyer of the Polish Navy during World War II. Orkan is Polish for "hurricane".
The destroyer was sunk by the German submarine U-378 on 8 October 1943. There were 179 dead and 44 survivors. The sinking of Orkan was the biggest life loss of Polish Navy resulting from a single incident in its entire history.