ORP Warszawa (1920)

River monitors Pińsk (left), Warszawa (centre) and Toruń (right), with the command vessel Generał Sikorski (extreme right)
History
Poland
NameORP Warszawa
NamesakeWarsaw
BuilderGdansk Shipyard
Launched30 April 1920
Commissioned13 August 1920
FateScuttled 18 September 1939
Soviet Union
NameVitebsk (Витебск)
NamesakeVitebsk
AcquiredRaised in October 1939
Fate
  • Scuttled 18 September 1941
  • Raised in 1944 and scrapped
General characteristics
Displacement110 - 112½ tons
Length34.5 m (113.2 ft)
Beam5.5 m (18.0 ft)
Draught0.8 m (2.6 ft)
Installed power
  • Until 1937: 180 hp (130 kW)
  • After 1938: 200 hp (150 kW)
Propulsion
  • Until 1937:
  • 3 × Maybach 4-cylinder internal combustion engines
  • After 1938:
  • 2 × Glennifer 6-cylinder internal combustion engines
Speed8.6 kn (16 km/h)
Complement44
Armament
  • 1920 - 1930
  • 2 × 105 mm/47 guns
  • 1 x 100 mm/19 howitzer
  • 5 × 7.92 mm machine guns
  • 1930 - 1939
  • 2 × 75 mm howitzers
  • 5 × 7.92 mm machine guns
  • 1939 - 1941 (Soviet service)
  • 3 × 76.2 mm guns
  • 4 × 7.62 mm machine guns
Armour
  • Bulwarks - 5 mm (0.2 in)
  • Deck - 6 mm (0.2 in)
  • Bridge - 8 mm (0.3 in)

ORP Warszawa was an armed river monitor of the Riverine Flotilla of the Polish Navy, launched in 1920 and scuttled in 1939. She was raised by the Soviets, scuttled again in 1941, raised for the last time in 1944 and then scrapped.