Engineering:ORP Orzeł (1986)

For other ships with the same name, see ORP Orzeł.

Orzeł in 2010
History
Poland
Name:	ORP Orzeł
Commissioned:	29 April 1986
Homeport:	Gdynia
Identification:	291
Status:	In service
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General characteristics
Class and type:	Kilo-class submarine
Displacement:	2,460 t surfaced 3,180 t submerged
Length:	72.6 m (238 ft 2 in)
Beam:	12.8 m (42 ft 0 in)
Draught:	14.5 m (47 ft 7 in)
Speed:	12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) surfaced 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) submerged
Complement:	60
Armament:	6 × 533 mm (21.0 in) torpedo tubes for guided electric TEST-71 torpedoes, guided 53-65K oxygen-propelled torpedoes 32 naval mines

ORP Orzeł (291) is a Polish Navy 'Project 877E' (Kilo-class) submarine. She is the third Polish submarine to bear the name Orzeł (Eagle).

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. It is currently the oldest Kilo-class submarine in active service.