The Project 206FM class (

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: "Krogulec"-class), originally designated Project 206F, were

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s of the Polish Navy built during the mid-1960s.

Class history

The twelve ships of this class were built at the '' Komuny Paryskiej'' Shipyard in

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as coastal minesweepers Project 206F class, and served as the 9th Coastal Defence Flotilla at Hel. Most of the class were decommissioned by the early 1990s, though three were modernised around 2000, and remain in service as

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s (their designation was changed to Project 206FM for ''Modernized''). Last ship war retired from service on 8 December 2021.

Ships

The 12 ships in the class were:

References

{{reflist Cold War mine warfare vessels of Poland Minehunters Mine warfare vessels of the Polish Navy Polish inventions