Good news for the sailors. Today, a keel under the sixth modern Kormoran II kind mine destroyer was placed in the Shipbuilding Renovation shipyard in Gdańsk. The ship will be called the ORP “Cchaika”. It will be utilized to destruct and place mines and, if necessary, to monitor underwater infrastructure.
In a symbolic dimension, it is 1 of the most crucial stages of the ship's construction. The position of the keel, i.e. the structural axis of the hull, means that the time has come to put the prefabricates together. The unit is starting to take shape.. present at noon, the construction of a mine destroyer, which will shortly be called the ORP "Cchaika", entered specified a phase. In 2027, the ship will join the 8th Coast Defence Fleet. – He will service in the 12th Wolinski Trolley Squadron, which is stationed in Świnoujście – explains Lieutenant Grzegorz Lewandowski, spokesperson for 8 FOW.
‘Chaika’ will become the sixth Kormoran II unit (project 258). For now, 3 specified ships service under the white and red flag – ORP ‘Cormoran‘ ORP ‘Albatros” and ORP ‘Mew’. They besides made the swinouian flotilla strong, only they are stationed in Gdynia, where the base has a 13th trawler division. Meanwhile, the Shipbuilding Shipbuilding Shipbuilding Shipbuilding Shipbuilding Shipbuilding Shipbuilding Shipbuilding Shipbuilding Shipbuilding Shipbuilding Shipbuilding Shipbuilding Shipbuilding Shipbuilding Shipbuilding Shipbuilding Shipbuilding Shipbuilding Shipbuilding Shipbuilding Shipbuilding Shipbuilding Shipbuilding Shipbuilding Shipbuilding Shipbuilding Shipbuilding Shipbuilding Shipbuilding Shipbuilding Shipbuilding Shipbuilding Shipbuilding Shipbuilding Shipbuilding Shipbuilding Shipbuilding Shipbuilding Shipbuilding Shipbuilding Shipbuilding Shipbuilding Shipbuilding Shipbuilding Shipbuilding Shipbuilding Shipbuilding Shipbuilding Shipbuilding Shipbuilding Shipbuilding Shipbuilding Shipbuilding Shipbuilding The first of the ships should enter the line next year. Others will join him at respective months intervals.
Cormorans is 1 of the Polish Navy's business cards. Experts are among the most modern mine destroyers in the world. The hulls of the ships were built of a magnetic steel. In addition, units can decision utilizing electrical drive. All of this allows to reduce the values of physical fields that could trigger uncontrolled detonation of the mine. The advantage of the Cormorans is besides the super-average maneuverability, which is provided by cyclone propulsors.
The miners have a full scope of unmanned submarines on board. Devices are utilized to search, identify and neutralize mines. If necessary, they can besides be utilized to monitor underwater infrastructure. Each of the ships has been equipped with weapons that allows to defend against air strikes and from the sea side. These functions include modern 35 mm OSU-35K cannons (in the case of a prototype unit, it is an old kind of Sparrow cannon, which, however, is intended to be replaced) and large caliber device guns. And that's not over. All Cormorans usage the SCOT-M combat management system. It collects and analyzes data that flow from ship's devices, helps to control them, suggesting optimal solutions in a given situation.
The mine destroyers from the 13th Trawler Squadron have already passed tests during exercises involving Polish and abroad ships. shortly they will join NATO's permanent teams of anti-mineal defence forces, which form part of allied consequence forces. Meanwhile, sailors from the 12th Trolley Squadron are slow preparing to accept fresh units. They go to training in Gdynia, any of them besides gained experience during the first NATO squad (SNMCMG1), another sailors together with the crew of the ORP “Mewa” received training at the prestigious German Navy harm Control Training Center. It active fighting at sea and defending an emergency ship.
Cormorants are built by a consortium consisting of Shipbuilding Shipbuilding Shipbuilding Shipbuilding Shipbuilding shipyard in Gdańsk, Gdynia War Shipyard PZZ and Gdynia Marine investigation and improvement Centre. “Today’s celebration is simply a further step towards the end of the construction of multi-tasking OPM platforms (anti-mine defence – ed.), which consist of both complete and complementary submarines and autonomous submarines (APP)”, emphasises cadmium. Peter Sikora, commander of the 8th Coast Defence Fleet. – We are highly pleased with the abilities they have provided. 2 of the 3 pillars of the modern OPM are being completed. We have the last pillar ahead of us, and this will be a precedence for us in the close future. We do not forget, however, about sustaining and building fresh skills for trawling – he adds. The trawlers are now the most widely represented ships of the wine fleet. Some of them are undergoing a major modification. It involves replacing old russian engines with more efficient German production, as well as installing fresh power generators.
