Polish warship ORP Metalowiec (Tarantul I) - Mirage Hobby 40032

ORP Metalowiec, as one of the four Mołnia class (according to the Russian nomenclature) and Tarantul (according to NATO nomenclature) class ships sold to Poland, was built in the Russian shipyard in Rybinsk in 1988. It entered service in the Navy that year. Displacement tons, drive: two marching gas turbines with a capacity of 4,000 hp each and a peak gas turbine with a capacity of 12,000 hp each 455 two two propellers. Speed: 43 nodes. Weapons: four water-to-water missile launchers, one 76.2 mm cannon, two 30 mm cannons, one water-to-air rocket launcher. In addition, modern radar equipment. A crew of 46 officers and sailors. The ship's task was to defend from the sea. In 1988 and 1996 for the title of the master of the Best Combat Ship of the Polish Navy. The metalworker was the last one to be decommissioned in 2013 as one of the four Tarantul-class ships. After its withdrawal, it was taken over by the Military Property Agency, which intends to sell it after a technical inspection at the Nauta Shipyard - without a service. The ship was standing in the port of Gdynia for several years, where in 2018, due to advanced corrosion, the hull began to leak. the ship was scrapped in 2020.