ORP Czajka

History

Poland
Name:	ORP Czajka
Builder:	Państwowa Stocznia Modlińska, Modlin
General characteristics
Class and type:	Jaskółka class minesweeper
Displacement:	183 t standard
Length:	45,0 meters
Beam:	5,5 meters
Propulsion:	2 x Diesel engines, 1050 HP total
Speed:	17,5 knots
Armament:	1 x 75mm, 2 x 7,92mm machine guns 20 mines or 20 depth charges

ORP Czajka was a Jaskółka class minesweeper of the Polish Navy at the outset of World War II. It was built by the riverine shipyard at Modlin. Czajka participated in the defense of Poland during the Nazi German invasion of 1939.

A subsequent Projekt 206FM class minehunter was commissioned as Czajka (624) in 1967.

References

Chesneau, Roger (1980). All the world's fighting ships 1922-1946. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-146-7.

Jaskółka-class minesweepers

Jaskółka Rybitwa Mewa Czajka Czapla Żuraw

List of ships of the Polish Navy

Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in October 1939

Shipwrecks	2 Oct: ORP Czajka, ORP Rybitwa, ORP Żuraw 6 Oct: Mahratta 8 Oct: Binnendijk, U-12 9 Oct: Mount Ida 13 Oct: U-40, U-42 14 Oct: HMS Royal Oak, U-45 17 Oct: Clan Chisholm 25 Oct: U-16 27 Oct: USC&GS Mikawe

Other incidents	17 Oct: HMS Iron Duke 21 Oct: Gloria

1938 1939 1940 September 1939 November 1939

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