ORP ''Mewa'' (
Polish
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for "
seagull
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") was a of the
Polish Navy at the outset of
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
. ''Mewa'' participated in the defense of Poland during the
German invasion of 1939. The ship was damaged on 1 September 1939 by a German bomb. On 3 September she was again hit by bombs and sank. The ship was later refloated and captured by the Germans. After the war, she returned to serve under the Polish flag.
A subsequent
Projekt 206FM class minehunter
The Project 206FM class (NATO reporting name: "Krogulec"-class), originally designated Project 206F, were mine-countermeasure vessels of the Polish Navy built during the mid-1960s.
Class history
The twelve ships of this class were built at the '' ...
was commissioned as (624) in 1967.
Jaskółka-class minesweepers
Ships built in Gdynia
Naval ships of Poland captured by Germany during World War II
Ships sunk by German aircraft
Maritime incidents in September 1939
Shipwrecks of Poland
1935 ships
Minesweepers sunk by aircraft
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