ORP Arctowski

	ORP Arctowski
History
Poland
Name	ORP Arctowski
Builder	Northern Shipyard, Gdańsk
Launched	20 February 1982
Commissioned	27 November 1982
Identification	MMSI number: 261246000; Callsign: SPWB;
Status	Active as of 2018
General characteristics
Class and type	Modified Finik class
Displacement	1218 tons
Length	61.6 m (202 ft 1 in)
Beam	10.8 m (35 ft 5 in)
Draft	3.3 m (10 ft 10 in)
Propulsion	2 engines Cegielski-Sulzer 6AL25/30 diesels, 1920 hp each; 2 auxiliary motors, 204 hp each; 2 shafts; bow thruster;
Speed	13.7 knots (25.4 km/h; 15.8 mph)
Complement	49
Armament	none

ORP Arctowski is a survey ship of the Polish Navy. Launched in 1982 in Poland, she is the lead ship of the Projekt 874 class, known as modified Finik class in NATO code. She is the sister ship of ORP Heweliusz.[1] She is named after Henryk Arctowski, a Polish scientist and explorer.[2]

In July 2006 the crew of the ship performed the positive identification of the wreckage of the German World War II aircraft carrier Graf Zeppelin.[3]

References

"ORP Heweliusz, ORP Arctowski". Polish Navy. Retrieved 2013-04-28.
Verlinden, Jozef (1993). Poolnacht - Adrien de Gerlache en de Belgica expeditie (in Dutch). Tielt: Lannoo. p. 231. ISBN 902092298X.
"Polish navy finds wreck of Graf Zeppelin". NBC News. AP. 2006-07-27. Retrieved 2013-04-28.

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[1] "ORP Heweliusz, ORP Arctowski". Polish Navy. Retrieved 2013-04-28.

[2] Verlinden, Jozef (1993). Poolnacht - Adrien de Gerlache en de Belgica expeditie (in Dutch). Tielt: Lannoo. p. 231. ISBN 902092298X.

[3] "Polish navy finds wreck of Graf Zeppelin". NBC News. AP. 2006-07-27. Retrieved 2013-04-28.