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ORP Heweliusz

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ORP Heweliusz and fleet tanker ORP Bałtyk
ORP Heweliusz and fleet tanker ORP Bałtyk
History
Naval Ensign of PolandPoland
NameORP Heweliusz
Laid downMarch 11, 1981
LaunchedSeptember 11 1981
CommissionedNovember 27 1982
General characteristics
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Speed13.7 knots (25.4 km/h; 15.8 mph)
Complement49
Armamentnone

ORP Heweliusz is a survey ship of the Polish Navy of the Projekt 874 class, known as modified Finik class in NATO code. She was launched on September 11 1981 and commissioned on November 27 1982.

The sister ship of ORP Arctowski is named after the astronomer Johannes Hevelius (Template:Lang-pl).

See also