Engineering:ORP Iskra (1982)
 ORP Iskra
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 Poland
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| Name: | Iskra |
| Namesake: | Iskra |
| Builder: | Stocznia Północna |
| Yard number: | 888/1 |
| Laid down: | 11 November 1981 |
| Commissioned: | 11 August 1982 |
| Homeport: | Gdynia |
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| Status: | Active |
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| Class and type: | Project B79/II-class training ship |
| Displacement: | 380 t (370 long tons) |
| Length: | 49 m (160 ft 9 in) |
| Beam: | 8 m (26 ft 3 in) |
| Height: | 33.5 m (109 ft 11 in) |
| Draft: | 3.6–4 m (11 ft 10 in–13 ft 1 in) |
| Installed power: | 355 hp (265 kW) |
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| Speed: | 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) |
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ORP Iskra (253) is a Project B79/II barquentine that serve as a training ship for the Polish Navy since the Cold War period.
Design
The vessel has a length of 49 meters long, beam of 8 meters wide and had a draft from 3.6–4 meters, and its full displacement was 380 tons. The training ship is unarmed.
Construction and career
The barquentine was laid down on 11 November 1981 and later commissioned on 11 August 1982. On October 12, 1982 (on the then Polish Army Day), the ceremony of handing over the bell to the ship with the inscription ORP Iskra was held in Gdynia.[1]
The decision to implement the concept on the occasion of the Sail Indonesia '95, related to the celebration of the 50th anniversary of Indonesian independence day, was made by the next Vice Admiral Romuald Waga.[2] Iskra set off from Gdynia on April 18, 1995, President Lech Wałęsa took part in the farewell ceremony, and the ORP Piorun escorted the barquentine until the border of territorial waters.[2] Iskra returned to Poland on February 10, 1996, from the Baltic Sea border it was led among frozen waters by the rescue ship ORP Lech.[2] Thus, it became the first ship in the history of the Polish Navy to circumnavigate the globe, traveling 37,739.9 nautical miles and was honored with a special award, The Most Spirit Ship.[2]
In 2015, the crew of the Vietnamese sailing ship Lê Quý Dôn was trained on board of Iskra.[3] The ship currently holds the five titles for the Best Navy Ship in 1984, 1988, 1989, 1992 and 1994.[2] In 1990, by the decision of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, she was awarded the In the Service of Peace Medal, and in 1999, the Fair Play award by the organizing committee of The Cutty Sark Tall Ships' Race for towing a damaged yacht for 200 miles during the regatta.[4]
On the occasion of the 18th anniversary of the first lifting of the flag, the President of Gdynia, Wojciech Szczurek, on August 11, 2000, handed the commander of Iskra, Capt. Mar. Robert Sitek is a symbolic ID card issued by the Gdynia City Hall.[5]
Gallery
Bow view of Iskra
Aft view of Iskra
Iskra's badge
Iskra's bell
References
- ↑ Nowy dzwon na ORP Iskra. Żagle. 1982. pp. 13.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Kluczyński, Marian (2018). ORP Iskra. "Morze, Statki i Okręty". Warsaw: Magnum X. pp. 30–32.
- ↑ Kluczyński, Marian (2018). ORP Iskra. "Morze, Statki i Okręty". Warsaw: Magnum X. pp. 33.
- ↑ Kronika Polskiej Marynarki Wojennej. Morza, Statki i Okręty. 1999. pp. 5.
- ↑ "Marynarka Wojenna RP". 2007-09-30. http://www.mw.mil.pl/index.php?akcja=news&filter=&id=934&limes=151.
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