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Frigate ORP Wicher (...)

Frigate ORP Wicher (...) 0

Classification

Ship class:
Miecznik-class frigate
Type:
Frigate

Basic information

Operator:
Polish NavyPolish Navy
Country of build:
Builder:
Polish Navy ShipyardPolish Navy Shipyard Babcock InternationalBabcock International
Ordered:
Laid down:
Status:
Under construction

Ship measurements

Displacement:
7,000 t
Length:
138.7 m
Beam:
19.75 m

Machine

Propulsion system:
CODAD
Propulsion:
  • 4 * Rolls Royce/MTU 20V 8000 M71 (8.2 MW) diesel engines
  • 4 * Rolls Royce/MTU 16V 2000 M41B (900 kW) generators
  • or 4 * Caterpillar 3512C (1360 kW) generators
  • MAN Alpha VBS Mk 5 CP propeller
  • 2 * Shafts
Speed:
28 knots
Range:
8,000 nmi

Personnel

Complement:
100

Combat assets

Cargo capacity:
  • 4 * TEU 20`
  • 20 * pallets 1t + 2x
  • TEU 20`
Boats & landing craft:
  • 2 * 7.5 m RHIBs
  • 2 * 11 m UAVs
Electronics:
  • Blue Hunter hull sonar and CAPTAS-2 towed sonar
Armament:
  • 32-cell Mark 41 VLS for various missiles and Sea Ceptor anti-air missiles
  • 1 * Leonardo 76mm Super Rapido gun
  • 2 * PIT-Radwar 35mm AM-35 gun
  • 2 * ZM Tarnów 12.7 mm ZSMU-1276 A3B remote-controlled armament modules
  • 2 * ZM Tarnów 12.7 mm WKM-Bm machine guns
  • 16 * SAAB RBS MK3/4 anti-ship missiles
  • 2 * B515/2V launchers for 324mm ASW torpedoes

On August 16, 2023, a steel-cutting ceremony took place for the first of the Miecznik-class frigates, ORP Wicher. The ceremony was held at PGZ Stocznia Wojenna in Gdynia.

Also on August 16, 2023, it was announced that PGZ and Babcock signed an agreement including an option to build five more units. If exercised, this would result in at total of eight Miecznik-class being procured by Poland.

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