ORP Toruń

ORP Toruń (825) is a Lublin-class minelayer-landing ship of Polish Navy, named after the city of Toruń.

ORP Toruń at Świnoujście on 23 September 2010.
History
Poland
Name	Toruń
Namesake	Toruń
Builder	Northern Shipyard, Gdańsk
Laid down	21 August 1989
Launched	8 June 1990
Commissioned	24 May 1991
Identification	MMSI number: 261228000 Callsign: SOWF Pennant number: 825
Status	Active
General characteristics
Class & type	Lublin-class minelayer-landing ship
Tonnage	1675 tones
Length	95.8 m (314 ft 4 in)
Beam	10.8 m (35 ft 5 in)
Depth	2.38 m (7 ft 10 in)
Installed power	3x Cegielski-Sulzer 6ATL25D 1320 kW each
Speed	16.5 knots
Capacity	9 landing vessels up to 45 tones each
Armament	2 × ZU-23-2MR units composed of two 23 mm guns and two Strela-2M surface-to-air missile system 9 × ŁWD 100/5000 launching tubes

Construction and career

The flag was raised on 24 May 1991. The ship is part of the 2nd Transport and Mine Ship Squadron in Świnoujście, belonging to the 8th Coastal Defense Flotilla. The ship is intended for transporting landing troops with equipment and vehicles, setting sea mines (takes 130 minutes at a time) and evacuating people.^[1]

Gallery

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  ORP Toruń at Świnoujście on 25 March 2009.
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  ORP Toruń at Świnoujście on 25 March 2009.
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  ORP Toruń on 19 September 2009.