ORP Lublin

ORP Lublin Świnoujście on 31 July 2012.
History
Poland
Name	Lublin
Namesake	Lublin
Builder	Northern Shipyard, Gdańsk
Laid down	8 December 1987
Launched	12 July 1988
Commissioned	12 October 1989
Identification	MMSI number: 261233000 Callsign: SOWB Pennant number: 821
Status	Active
General characteristics
Class and type	Lublin-class minelayer-landing ship
Tonnage	1675 tones
Length	95.8 m (314 ft 4 in)
Beam	10.8 m (35 ft 5 in)
Depth	2.38 m (7 ft 10 in)
Installed power	3x Cegielski-Sulzer 6ATL25D 1320 kW each
Speed	16.5 knots
Capacity	9 landing vessels up to 45 tones each
Armament	2 × ZU-23-2MR units composed of two 23 mm guns and two Strela-2M surface-to-air missile system 9 × ŁWD 100/5000 launching tubes

ORP Lublin (821) is a Lublin-class minelayer-landing ship of Polish Navy, named after the city of Lublin.

Construction and career

The flag was raised on 12 October 1989. The ship is part of the 2nd Transport and Mine Ship Squadron in Świnoujście, belonging to the 8th Coastal Defense Flotilla. The ship is intended for transporting landing troops with equipment and vehicles, setting sea mines (takes 130 minutes at a time) and evacuating people. It is the first ship in the history of the Polish navy commanded by a woman.

Gallery

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  ORP Lublin on 22 January 2010.
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  ORP Lublin on 22 January 2010.
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  ORP Lublin on 22 January 2010.
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  ORP Lublin on 22 January 2010.
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  ORP Lublin on 22 January 2010.