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ORP Kaszub (1921)

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Name
  
SMS V108

Acquired
  
September 1921

Launched
  
12 December 1914

Weight
  
340 tons

Name
  
ORP Kaszub

Class and type
  
V105-class destroyer

Length
  
62 m

Displacement
  
340,000 kg

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Fate
  
Transferred to Poland, September 1921

Fate
  
destroyed by a boiler explosion, 20 July 1925

ORP "Kaszub" - torpedo boat (former V-108 of Kaiserliche Marine), one of the first ships of the Polish Navy recreated after Poland regained its independence in 1918. In service from 1921 to 1925.

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History

She was built in 1914 by Stettiner Maschinenbau A.G. Vulcan in Stettin, Germany (now in Poland). She was begun for a Dutch Navy order as Z-4 (along with three sister ships Z-1,Z-2,Z-3), but after the outbreak of World War I she was confiscated by Germany and commissioned as torpedo boat V-108, taking an active part in World War I, fighting in the Baltic Sea against the Imperial Russian Navy.

Polish service

When the German Imperial Navy was divided among victorious powers in 1919 after World War I, Poland was granted six torpedo boats, among them V-108. The ship, then located in Britain, was overhauled there and arrived in Poland in October, 1921, officially entering into service. Poland also received her sister ship, V-105 as well (later the Polish ORP Mazur), and four smaller torpedo boats.

Demise

The ship was sunk by a boiler explosion on July 20, 1925. The causes are unknown to this day. Three crewmen died.

Specifications

  • Displacement: 340 tons, 421 tons full load
  • Maximum speed: 28 knots
  • Armament:
  • German service: 2 × 88 mm guns, 2 × 450 mm torpedo tubes
  • Polish service: 2 × 47 mm guns (changed in 1924 to 2 × 75 mm guns), 2 × 450 mm torpedo tubes
  • References

    ORP Kaszub (1921) Wikipedia