ORP ''Heweliusz'' is a
survey ship
A survey vessel is any type of ship or boat that is used for underwater surveys, usually to collect data for mapping or planning underwater construction or mineral extraction. It is a type of research vessel, and may be designed for the purpo ...
of the
Polish Navy of the ''Projekt 874'' class, known as ''modified Finik class'' in
NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO, ; french: Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique nord, ), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between 30 member states – 28 European and two No ...
code. She was launched on 11 September 1981 and commissioned on 27 November 1982.
The sister ship of
ORP ''Arctowski'' is named after the astronomer
Johannes Hevelius
Johannes Hevelius
Some sources refer to Hevelius as Polish:
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Some sources refer to Hevelius as German:
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* (in German also known as ''Hevel''; pl, Jan Heweliusz; – 28 January 1687) was a councillor ...
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See also
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MS Jan Heweliusz
MS ''Jan Heweliusz'' was a Norwegian-built Polish ferry named after astronomer Johannes Hevelius ( pl, Jan Heweliusz) that served on the route Ystad–Świnoujście. It was built in Norway in 1977 and was owned by Polish Ocean Lines and operated ...
References
Auxiliary ships of Poland
1981 ships
Survey ships of the Polish Navy
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