Remontowa Shipbuilding lays keel for Polish Navy’s sixth Kormoran II minehunter (Gallery)

December 19, 2024, by Fatima Bahtić

The keel for the sixth mine countermeasure vessel of Project 258 Kormoran II was laid at Remontowa Shipbuilding on December 16, 2024.

In June 2022, Poland’s Ministry of National Defence (MND) revealed it inked a contract to buy three more Kormoran II-class minehunters for the Polish Navy. Together with the first ship of the class, ORP Kormoran, and the other two units, ORP Mewa and ORP Albatros, will be part of the mine defense system of the Polish Navy.

Poles order three Kormoran II minehunters

Vessels

A protocol was signed confirming the laying of the keel, into which a symbolic coin was also welded as a mark of the lucky service of the future ship. The sixth Kormoran II-class minehunter will be named ORP Czajka. These types of vessels are 58.5 meters long and have a complement of 45 personnel and a top speed of 15 knots.

The non-magnetic steel-hulled ships displace 850 tons, feature the locally developed SCOT-M combat management system, and are equipped with Saab’s Double Eagle Mk III remotely operated vehicle (ROV). They are armed with a twin-barreled autocannon in addition to machine guns and rocket launchers.

“Cooperation with the Navy has been part of our shipyard’s history almost since its inception. We have built nearly 600 modern naval and special ships. Some of them remain in service to date. This testifies to the high quality and reliability of the ships we build,” said Dariusz Jaguszewski, CEO of Remontowa Shipbuilding.

“This project once again highlights the sense of building vessels in series and, in my opinion, Remontowa Shipbuilding is a great example of how to build serial ships – six tugs for the Navy and now six Kormorans (…),” emphasized Commander Piotr Skóra, Head of Maritime Technology at the Armament Agency.

Credit: Remontowa Shipbuilding