ORP Bałtyk

ORP Bałtyk is a fleet tanker of the Polish Navy. The ship was designed and built in the Stocznia Gdynia shipyard, Poland. She was launched in 1988 and commissioned on 11 March 1991.

OPR Bałtyk

OPR Bałtyk
History
Poland
Builder	Stocznia Gdynia
Launched	1988
Commissioned	11 March 1991
Identification	MMSI number: 261217000 Callsign: SRWM
General characteristics
Displacement	2,984 tons
Length	84.75 m (278 ft 1 in)
Beam	13.07 m (42 ft 11 in)
Draft	4.8 m (15 ft 9 in)
Speed	15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	34+5
Armament	4 × ZU-23-2/ZU-23-2M anti-aircraft guns

Ensign of auxiliary naval vessels in Poland, used since 14 March 1996.

In April 2016, the Polish Government launched a tender to replace the vessel with a new class to enter service between 2017 and 2020. The new vessel will be required to store 1,500 tonnes of fuel, 200 tonnes of water as well as up to three twenty foot shipping containers.^[1]