ORP ''Orzeł'' (291) is a

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'Project 877E' () submarine. She is the third Polish submarine to bear the name ''Orzeł'' (''Eagle''). The boat was built by the Shipyard Krasnoe Sormovo in Gorky and was commissioned on 29 April 1986 at

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. On 13 June of the same year ''Orzeł'' was transferred to

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where she was named on 21 June. The submarine was assigned to the 3rd Flotilla based in Gdynia. As of 2024, she is the oldest

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in active service and the only operational submarine in the Polish Navy.

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