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ORP BLYSKAWICA

Polish destroyer. Launching year-1936. Since 1976 as a museum in Gdynia , Poland. ORP Blyskawica was a Grom-class destroyer serving in the Polish Navy during World War II, currently preserved as a museum ship in Gdynia. It is the only ship of the Polish Navy awarded the Virtuti Militari medal, as well as the oldest preserved destroyer in the world. She was the latter of two Grom-class destroyers, built for the Polish Navy by J. Samuel White, Cowes. The name means Lightning. The two Groms were some of the most heavily-armed and fastest destroyers on the seas before World War I

Username	marekj655
Shipowner	Polish Navy
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Type of ship	Destroyer
Year of build and builder	1936 J. Samuel White, Cowes , U.K.
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Added on	26/08/2013
Dimension	1600 x 838
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