ORP Ryś (1959)
ORP Ryś (611) | |
| History | |
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| Poland | |
| Name | ORP Ryś |
| Builder | Stocznia Gdynia, Gdynia |
| Laid down | January 12, 1959 |
| Launched | April 29, 1959 |
| Commissioned | September 10, 1959 |
| Decommissioned | October 16, 1989 |
| Fate | scrapped |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | minesweeper |
| Type | T43-class minesweeper |
| Displacement |
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| Length |
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| Beam | 8.7 m (28 ft 7 in) |
| Draft | 2.3 m (7 ft 7 in) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Range | 3,500 nautical miles at a speed of 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Crew | 80 |
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| Armament |
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ORP Ryś was a Polish minesweeper from the Cold War era, one of nine vessels built under a Soviet license as part of the Project 254M series. Launched on 29 April 1959 at the Stocznia Gdynia, the ship entered service with the Polish Navy on 10 September that same year. Bearing hull designations T-71 and later 611, this heavily utilized vessel spent most of its career with the 12th Base Minesweeper Squadron of the 8th Coastal Defence Flotilla in Świnoujście. After 30 years of service, it was decommissioned in October 1989 and subsequently scrapped.