Destroyer Blyskawica 1965 - Mirage Hobby 400613

Destroyer Blyskawica 1965 - Mirage Hobby 400613

Mirage Hobby

MI 400613

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  • Destroyer Blyskawica 1965 - Mirage Hobby 400613

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Model data:

    Scale: 1/400
    Length: 289 mm

The plastic model for assembly contains all the elements needed to build the model, including:

    A "step by step" instruction based on the drawings of the various stages of model building
    Frames with plastic parts
    Decals
    Stand

The ship model does not contain glue and paints.

The model of the Polish destroyer requires gluing and painting.

Mirage Hobby
MI 400613

Data sheet

Scale
1/400

Description

The destroyer ORP Błyskawica (a twin of the destroyer ORP Grom) was built at the British shipyard J. Samuel White in Cowes on the Isle of Wight in the years 1935-1937. Drive: two 54,000hp steam turbines driving two propellers. Speed: 39.6 knots. Primary armament: seven 120 mm guns, two double 40 mm AA guns, four twin 13.2 mm heavy machine guns, four torpedo tubes, two depth charge launchers. In addition, from 1941, the ship was equipped with a radar. A crew of 192 officers and sailors. In November 1937, the Polish flag was raised on the ship, after which the ship reached Gdynia. Shortly before the outbreak of the war, in the last days of August 1939, three destroyers: Błyskawica, Grom, Burza, on the orders of the command, sailed to Great Britain. The ships were modernized to increase their combat efficiency. The destroyer Błyskawica fought under the Polish flag throughout the war. He carried out missions in the Atlantic, North and Mediterranean Seas. The ship's activities include: the Norwegian campaign, the evacuation of Dunkirk, the Battle of the Atlantic, operations Torch, Overlord, Deadlight. Seven Luftwaffe planes were shot down, two destroyers and several smaller units were sunk. Five Blyskawica sailors were killed in the fights. In May 1946 it was taken over by the Royal Navy, in July 1947 it returned to Gdynia under the Polish flag. It should be mentioned that before the ship was handed over to Poland, which was in the Eastern Bloc of the USSR, the British dismantled the most modern devices from the ship so as not to hand them over to the Soviets. After the failure of the boiler house in 1967, the renovation of which was unprofitable, the ship remained in reserve in Świnoujście until 1976. Towed to Gdynia, it moored at the Pomeranian Quay, where it acts as a museum visited by crowds.

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