Shipbucket

Considering these, I'm pr.83 (Komar). I am not sure wether any served in the Polish navy, but I think they're missing from the archives.

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I sincerely doubt if I will finish them before autumn.
Pr.205 is next on my list (after I'll do other versions of Pr.122 as per Portsmouth Bill's suggestion). And as for Pr.1241 it would depend which one of us will make the drawing faster.

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Pr.183R (Komar) missile boats never served in the Polish Navy, but of course I could do it sometime later (unless Gollevainen or You or somebody else will do it earlier, of course .
There is a drawing of it in the archive, though most likely quite old:
http://www.shipbucket.com/images.php?di ... Komar1.gif

mind that I can do the drawing within 2 hours, so don't tempt me

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Shipbucket mainsite, aka "The Archive"
New AU project "Aravala"

2 hours? Well, I certainly wouldn't do it so quickly, so...

I really didn't see that

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Thank you Kim for the crest

"Never fear to try on something new. Remember that the Titanic was built by professionals, and the Ark by an amateur"

heh, well the reall trick is to find that 2 hours of free time somewhere

On another note, one ship that also could need a redrawn is the Kaszub calss corvete. Despite the orginal one is mine, but since the ship is fully Polish one, It would just fair to give you a change to redrawn it if you wish to do so...

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Shipbucket mainsite, aka "The Archive"
New AU project "Aravala"

I considered Kaszub slightly outside the scope of this thread (it's not that "small" after all, at times it was even called frigate), but I will gladly do it. It goes, hovewer, to the end of the waiting list. So You don't need to hurry with the next uploading session.

Soviet-made missile boats of the project 205 Tsunami (NATO code: Osa I) entered service in the Polish Navy in the 1964. 13 of them were delivered between 1964 and 1975, initially in the 3rd Torpedo-Boat Brigade, and later (after reorganization) in the 3rd Warship Flotilla in Gdynia-Oksywie port. First one of them was decommissioned in 1986, four between 1989 and 1990 (three of them were transferred to the Coast Guard), one in 1993 and the rest between 2000 and 2006.
Polish 205's were slightly different from the standard ones: they were armed with additional East German FAM (FASTA-4) SAM launcher (with 9K32 Strela-2 missiles - spare missiles were stored in enlarged structure under MR-104 radar), normally installed only on some Osa-II boats and had additional mast for VHF communications (among those more visible differences).



As mentioned, three boats (Gdynia, Szczecin and Elbląg) were transferred to the Coast Guard and significantly rebuilt between 1990 and 1991, losing 30mm's (replaced by double 25mm cannon) and missiles, along with associated equipment. Also their interiors were heavily modified. Their service in the Coast Guard was initially meant to be only to be a stop-gap measure until arrival of the large patrol craft of the project 924, but these new ships were never made, and operating of the 205's as patrol boats proved hugely uneconomical, therefore they were all decommissioned in 1995.

Fast torpedo craft ORP Błyskawiczny (Project 663D Sroka) entered service in the Polish Navy in the 1965 as a prototype of a new class of CODAG-powered strike craft with hulls made of hydronalium.



After the extensive trials the design was partially revised and between 1972 and 1973 Polish Navy commissioned 8 craft of the Project 664 Sroka 2 (NATO code Wisla). Together with ORP Błyskawiczny they served in the 1. and 2. Torpedo- and Missile Boat Squadrons of 3. Warship Flotilla. Because of the lack of previous experiences with designing and building such vessels, 663D and 664's weren't succesful ships - their engines were causing multiple problems, hydronalium hulls proved too weak and living conditions for the crew very difficult. Therefore, combining with the fact that idea of torpedo-armed strike craft was perceived outdated, Błyskawiczny was decommissioned already in 1979 and all the 664's between 1981 and 1986.

The P.663 was new to me. Impressive additions to an excellent thread.

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