Warship Quiz # 19

[Jester]

[EagleDNY]

Polish Destroyer - Burza.

[TDeacon]

French "1,500-tonne" type DD.  The class was launched during the late 1920s, and most fought in WWII.

[TDeacon]

Picture probably taken during the war, as the mainmast has been removed.

[TDeacon]

Burza and Wicher were similar, and built for the Polish navy; hmmm.  I do believe that EagleDNY is correct.

"The first large, modern ships of the Polish Navy.  The design was based on that of the French "torpilleurs d'escadre" of the Bourrasque class ..."  (that's the "1,500-tonnes" class) ... extensively improved, however, according to the requirements of the Poles...".

[Widewing]

Originally posted by TDeacon
French "1,500-tonne" type DD.  The class was launched during the late 1920s, and most fought in WWII.

The Burza was virtually identical to the French Bourrasque class, being built by the same shipyard in the late 1920s. This is certainly the Burza.

My regards,

Widewing

[Jester]

ORP BURZA H 73 she is!

Congrats!  

ORP BURZA SPECS:

Type: Destroyer
Class: Wicher
Number in Class: 2
Pennant No: H 73
Displacement: 1545 BRT  
Length: 107m  
Complement: 165 men  
Armament:
4x 130mm guns (4x1)
2x 40mm (2x1)
6x torpedo tubes (2x3), 550mm  
Max speed: 33 knots
Engines: 2-shaft geared-turbines  
Power: 33000 shp
 
History:
Burza means storm in English.
Built by: Chantiers Navals Francais (Caen, France)    
Laid down: 1 Nov, 1927  
Launched: 16 Apr, 1929  
Commissioned: 10 Jul, 1932  
Escaped to England in August / September 1939.
Decommisioned to reserve in 1944.
Return to Poland in 1951.
Became a museum in 1960.
Scrapped in 1977.