Shipbucket

The first minesweepers that entered service in MW RP (Polish Navy) were German built FM type coastal minesweepers. Four of them were bought after the WW1 and re-armed with 47mm guns:


The most famous six minesweepers of Jaskółka class were built in Poland in 1935-1939:


After the WW2 the Polish obtained quite a few ships from the Allies. Both Soviet Union and USA provided several of their very numerous small minesweepers:



From 1955 Poland began building Soviet Project 254M under license:


In 1963 the new type of minesweeper started entering service. Polish designed and build Project 206F Orlik (in the West known as Krogulec):


In 1982 these were complemented with even newer Project 207:


In 1999-2002 three ships of the aging Project 206F were deeply modernized and became a Project 206FM:

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That's quite a bit of artillery for a postwar minesweeper.

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Wow ... thats amazing collection WhyMe. Outstanding job.

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Nobody expects the Imperial Inquisition!

Very well done, WhyMe! I in particular appreciate your attention to the name forms in addition to your usual attention to the details of the drawings. That's something not always put paid to.

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My Avatar:Петр Алексеевич Безобразов (Petr Alekseevich Bezobrazov), Вице-адмирал , царская ВМФ России(1845-1906) - I sign my drawings as Ari Saarinen

Great work

These are really excellent - well done

A first class set of drawings.

Thank you, thank you , thank you

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Ach, Ive been away too much since I've managed to skip this great collection (I just browsed the uploading forum and got my mouth ajar moment with the Orliks)

Great, great work

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Thanks!
Although it's obvious, I still should've mentioned that I used your drawing of Soviet Pr. 254 to illustrate the Polish built version.

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