ORP Wicher was a Project 30bis Skoryy-class

Skoryy class destroyer

The Skoryy class were the first destroyers built for the Soviet Navy after the end of World War II. Seventy ships were built between 1949 and 1953. The Soviet designation was Project 30bis.-Design:...

 destroyer

Destroyer

In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against smaller, powerful, short-range attackers. Destroyers, originally called torpedo-boat destroyers in 1892, evolved from...

 transferred to the Polish Navy

Polish Navy

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 from the Soviet Union

Soviet Union

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. She was the second ship to be named Wicher, which means "gale" in Polish. She was built by the Zhdanov shipyard

Severnaya Verf

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 in Leningrad

Leningrad

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 and originally commissioned into the Soviet

Soviet Navy

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 Baltic Fleet

Baltic Fleet

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 as the Skoryy (Rapid) in 1951 and transferred to Poland in 1958 together with a second ship, Grom. The ship was retired in 1974 and scrapped. One of the 130 mm guns is preserved in the Polish Navy Museum in Gdynia

Gdynia

Gdynia is a city in the Pomeranian Voivodeship of Poland and an important seaport of Gdańsk Bay on the south coast of the Baltic Sea.Located in Kashubia in Eastern Pomerania, Gdynia is part of a conurbation with the spa town of Sopot, the city of Gdańsk and suburban communities, which together...

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