Here are a couple of photos of the Polish Orkan class missile boat ORP Grom being equipped with RBS 15 Mk2 missiles at Muskö naval base. This was the
first time foreign naval vessels have visited Muskö. The Polish Orkan class is being equipped with the Mk 2 version of RBS 15 as an interim solution awaiting
the delivery of the Mk 3 version in 2009. The visiting vessels were the corvette ORP Grom and the logistics vessel ORP Kontradmiral Xawery
Czernicki. Training of loading and unloading the missiles was a part of the visit. These corvettes are also being fitted with the same Swedish search
radar as the Visby corvettes, although on the latter it is fitted with a covering cupola.
(Both photos by Lina Johansson)
Can anyone confirm that the Polish Orkan class (Ex- East German Sassnitz class) was ordered before the German unification in 1990, and that the three uncompleted hulls were later transferred to a Polish naval yard in Gdansk for completion in 1995? The Swedish article claims that they were built at this Polish yard, but surely this is not the whole truth.
Regards,
Per Nordenberg
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EDIT: I found a picture on wikipedia which show Grom with RBS 15 in Gdynia 28 Oct 06, but somehow I believe these missile containers are dummies. They look exactly like the one's the RSwN's Spica II/Norrköping class used to carry at first.
(Both photos by Lina Johansson)
Can anyone confirm that the Polish Orkan class (Ex- East German Sassnitz class) was ordered before the German unification in 1990, and that the three uncompleted hulls were later transferred to a Polish naval yard in Gdansk for completion in 1995? The Swedish article claims that they were built at this Polish yard, but surely this is not the whole truth.
Regards,
Per Nordenberg
´
EDIT: I found a picture on wikipedia which show Grom with RBS 15 in Gdynia 28 Oct 06, but somehow I believe these missile containers are dummies. They look exactly like the one's the RSwN's Spica II/Norrköping class used to carry at first.
