ORP Wicher
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Wicher was the lead ship of the Wicher class destroyers
built at Chantiers
Navals Francais in Caen, and was launched in July 1928
for the Polish Navy. She was commissioned two years
later. Under the German invasion of Poland in September
1939 she was attacked by German airplanes and destroyers
several times and took severe damage. She later sank at
the harbor in Hel after being attacked by German JU 87
airplanes. Wicher was re-floated by the Germans in
November 1939, and towed away and beached in shallow
waters. After the war she was used as a target ship, and
partly scrapped in the 1960's. Its little left of the
vessel, only parts of the hull and mechanical parts
spread out on a depth of 10 to 18 meter at the southern
tip of Hel.
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36′ 43" N 18° 46′ 51" E
( Source: Baltic Wrecks )  Picture: ORP Wicher Wikipedia,Public domain Last updated: December 2020 |
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