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ORP Huragan
ORP ''Huragan'' may refer to: * The planned ORP Huragan and ORP Orkan, ORP ''Huragan'' and ORP ''Orkan'', or Grom-class destroyer, Improved ''Grom''-class destroyers * {{DEFAULTSORT:Huragan Polish Navy ship names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ORP Huragan And ORP Orkan
The improved ''Grom''-class destroyers of 1939 were the third and fourth planned ships of the ''Grom'' class of destroyers ordered for the Polish Navy shortly before World War II. They were to be built in Poland, the first destroyers so constructed, and were to be named ''Huragan'' ("hurricane") and ''Orkan'' (" windstorm"), respectively. Their design included greater power and displacement than the first two ships of the class. Their construction was interrupted by the beginning of World War II and they were never completed. History In the late 1930s, the Polish Navy decided to expand its destroyer fleet. With positive reviews of the operational service of the two British-built s, '' Grom'' and '' Błyskawica'', the Navy decided to order two more ships of that type. This time, however, the order was given (on 1 May 1939) to the recently expanded Polish Naval Yard (''Stocznia Marynarki Wojennej'') in Gdynia rather than to the British J. Samuel White shipyard in Cowes, respon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grom-class Destroyer
The ''Grom''-class destroyers were two destroyers, built for the Polish Navy by the British company of J. Samuel White, Cowes. They were laid down in 1935 and commissioned in 1937. The two ''Grom''s were some of the fastest and most heavily armed destroyers of World War II. Design Despite having ordered its previous pair of destroyers ( and ) from France, a country with which it had strong ties, Poland decided to acquire the second pair from the United Kingdom, possibly in recognition of the excellence of British destroyer designs at the time. The selected design resulted in large and powerful ships, superior to German and Soviet destroyers of the time, and comparable to the famous British of 1936. The main armament was changed from the 130 mm used on the to the standard British destroyer calibre of 4.7 inch (120 mm). However, the guns were not British, but were instead Swedish Bofors 50cal QF M34/36, the same as those used previously on the minelayer . App ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |