ORP Orkan
| Name | ORP Orkan | ||
| Type: | Destroyer (M) | ||
| Tonnage | 1.920 tons | ||
| Completed | 1942 - Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Glasgow | ||
| Owner | Polish Navy | ||
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| Date of attack | 8 Oct, 1943 | Nationality:  Polish | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-378 (Erich Mäder) | ||
| Position | 56.30N, 26.26W - Grid AK 6328 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 223 officers and men (179 dead and 44 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | SC-143 | ||
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| History | Built as British HMS Myrmidon (G 90), commissioned in Polish Navy as ORP Orkan on 18 Nov, 1942. In early 1943, the destroyer escorted the convoy JW-53 to Russia, returned with the convoy RA-52 and then operated as convoy escort in the North Atlantic. In July 1943, she transferred the body of Polish Supreme Chief Gen. Wladyslaw Sikorski from Gibraltar to England. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 07.05 hours on 8 Oct, 1943, the ORP Orkan (Lt. Stanislaw Hryniewiecki +) was hit by a Gnat from U-378 while escorting the convoy SC-143 and sank within a few minutes. One officer and 43 ratings were picked up by the HMS Musketeer (G 86). At 21.58 hours on 7 Oct, 1943, the ORP Orkan had been missed by a Gnat from U-758 (Manseck) which detonated in her wake. | ||
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