Operators Polish Navy Active 3 Displacement 369 tonnes | In service 1992-present Type Fast Attack Craft | |
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Builders VEB Peenewerft, Wolgast
Northern Shipyard, Gdańsk | ||
The Orkan class or projekt 660 (Sassnitz class in NATO code) is series of three fast attack craft of the Polish Navy, in service since 1992.
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History
The original project was prepared by the German Democratic Republic for its navy and was named Project 660, it also received the NATO reporting name "Sassnitz". After the Unification of Germany the unfinished hulls were bought by the Polish Navy from VEB Peenewerft shipyard in Wolgast and successfully completed by Northern Shipyard in Gdańsk.
In 2006 Ministry of Defence ordered 36 RBS-15 Mk 3 anti-ship missiles to equip the ships. Since 2007 they carried RBS-15 Mk 2 missiles as interim arnament. RBS-15 Mk 3 missiles were first deployed in 2014. Since 2015 OORP Orkan and Piorun went through 19 months mid-life refit.
List of ships
The lead ship of the class is named Orkan (Polish: Hurricane), while other two ships are Piorun (Polish: Thunderbolt) and Grom (Polish: Thunderclap). Piorun and Grom were famous Polish destroyers of the Second World War. Orkan was to have been the first destroyer constructed in Poland, but her construction was interrupted by the start of the World War II.