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The ''Lublin'' class or Projekt 767 are minelayer- landing ships designed and built in Poland for the Polish Navy, in service since 1989. Only five out of the twelve planned ships were built, by the Northern Shipyard in
Gdańsk Gdańsk ( , also ; ; csb, Gduńsk;Stefan Ramułt, ''Słownik języka pomorskiego, czyli kaszubskiego'', Kraków 1893, Gdańsk 2003, ISBN 83-87408-64-6. , Johann Georg Theodor Grässe, ''Orbis latinus oder Verzeichniss der lateinischen Benen ...
, due to the fall of Communism. They can carry up to 9 T-72 tanks or 17 transport vehicles such as the
Star 266 The Star 266 is a Polish 6x6 truck designed for transport of cargo and personnel. Created by Starachowice-based FSC Star, it was the basic transport truck used by the Polish Army, it was also available to civilian market. A successor to a highly ...
and 135 equipped troops. They were designed to carry up to 134 naval mines. The ships are named after the chief cities of the
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. On 12 October 2007, ORP ''Lublin'' became an honorary citizen of
Lublin Lublin is the ninth-largest city in Poland and the second-largest city of historical Lesser Poland. It is the capital and the center of Lublin Voivodeship with a population of 336,339 (December 2021). Lublin is the largest Polish city east of t ...
.


Background

was a Polish mine-laying vessel and, likely, the only heavy mine-laying vessel built.


List of ships


Gallery

Image:ORP Kraków i Świnoujście.jpg, ORP Kraków Image:US Navy 040610-N-1823S-064 A Polish amphibious vehicle containing U.S. Marine Reservists assigned to Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 24 Marine Division, embarks the Polish Lublin-class minelayer ORP Poznan.jpg, ORP ''Poznań'' Image:Polish Lublin Class Medium Landing Ship Type 767 1 (dark1).jpg, ORP ''Gniezno'' Image:Polish Lublin Class Medium Landing Ship Type 767 8 (dark1).jpg, ORP ''Gniezno''


References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lublin class Amphibious warfare vessel classes Amphibious warfare vessels of the Polish Navy Minelayers of the Polish Navy