Name ORP Orzeł (291) Homeport Gdynia Class and type Kilo-class submarine Length 73 m | Commissioned April 29, 1986 Status In service Launched 7 June 1985 | |
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Displacement 2,460 t., surfaced
3,180 t., submerged | ||
ORP Orzeł (291) is a Polish Navy 'Project 877E' (Kilo-class) submarine. She is the third Polish submarine to bear the name Orzeł.
The boat was built by the Shipyard Krasnoe Sormovo in Gorky and was commissioned on 29 April 1986 at Riga. On 13 June of the same year Orzeł was transferred to Gdynia where she was named on 21 June. The submarine was assigned to the 3rd Flotilla based in Gdynia.
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