July 1967. Sevastopol. Photo by I. Nikishev.

Country: Poland.
Class, [Type]: Gryf, [AXT/AH].

Builder: Burmeister & Wain, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Launch date: 1944.
Commission date: 10 July 1951.
Decommission date: 24 September 1976.

Displacement ( tons ): 4220 full load.
Dimensions ( metres ): 91,8 x 13,5 x 5,6.
Main machinery: 1 x Lentz machine ( 1200 hp ).
Speed ( knots ): 11,2.
Range ( miles ): 5700 at 10 knots.

Guns: 2 x 1 85mm, 4 x 1 37mm.

Comment: Ex-Cargo ship Irene Oldendorff ( 1944-45 ), Empire Contay ( 1945-46 ),
Omsk ( 1946-47 ), Opole ( 1947-50 ), Zetempowiec ( 1950-57 ), Zetempowiec was renamed Gryf ( Training ship and hospital ship ).

Year of visit the Black Sea:  1958 | 1967