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Sunday, 10 January 2016

Polish cutter ORP Korsarz (1936) 1945-1946 (1966)


Net tonnage 6,4 tons, gross tonnage 32,61 tons and as dimensions 17,12 x 4,78 x 2,12 metres. Her crew numbered 5 men. Fitted out with 1-120hp Scania engine. Wood-built in 1936 at Gdynia, Poland as the pilot cutter Pilot V at Gdynia. During the Second World War in German service as the L-5. After the liberation of Gdyynia on 7 April 1945 found back and taken into service by the. 1 Samodzielny Morski Batalion Zapasowy As the Orp Korsarz commissioned in the Polish navy on 8 April 1945 at Gdynia. Transferred to the Maritime Authority at Gdynia in April 1945 was she again used as pilot boat until she was broken up around 1966.