ORP Wicher (1928)

ORP Wicher (1928)

1930:

  • 4 x 130 mm wz. 19/24 Schneider-Creusot Model 1924 guns
  • 2 x 40 mm wz. 28 Vickers-Armstrong 2 pdr Mk II AA guns
  • 2 x double 550 mm/533 mm/450 mm torpedo launchers
  • 2 x 240 mm Thornycroft depth charge launchers
  • 2 x Wz BH200 depth charge launchers
  • 60 x wz. 08 naval mines

1939:

  • 4 x 130 mm wz. 19/24 Schneider-Creusot Model 1924 guns
  • 2 x 40 mm wz. 28 Vickers-Armstrong 2 pdr Mk II AA guns
  • 4 x 13,2 mm Hotchkiss wz. 30 HMGs (2x2)
  • 2 x double 550 mm/533 mm/450 mm torpedo launchers
  • 2 x Wz BH200 depth charge launchers
  • 60 x wz. 08 naval mines

ORP Wicher, the lead ship of the Wicher class, was a Polish Navy destroyer. She saw combat in the Invasion of Poland, which began World War II in Europe. The destroyer was sunk by German bombers on 3 September 1939.

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