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2 8 25 46 67 88 99 W Numerze 4 16 37 58 81 94 Dwumiesięcznik W NUMERZE Vol. XVII, Nr 3/2010 (101) ISSN-1231-014X, Indeks 386138 Redaktor naczelny 2 Jarosław Malinowski Z życia flot Kolegium redakcyjne Rafał Ciechanowski, Michał Jarczyk, Maciej S. Sobański Maciej S. Sobański Współpracownicy w kraju 4 Andrzej S. Bartelski, Jan Bartelski, Katastrofa „Cheonan” Stanisław Biela, Jarosław Cichy, Andrzej Danilewicz, Józef Wiesław Dyskant, Maciej K. Franz, Przemysław Federowicz, Michał Glock, Tadeusz Górski, Wiktor A. Gałynia Krzysztof Hanuszek, Rafał Mariusz Kaczmarek, Niemieckie kanonierki typu „Iltis”, część II 8 Jerzy Lewandowski, Oskar Myszor, Piotr Nykiel, Grzegorz Nowak, Grzegorz Ochmiński, Jarosław Palasek, Jan Radziemski, Marek Supłat, Tomasz Walczyk Piotr Nykiel Współpracownicy zagraniczni 16 BELGIA Turecki krążownik pancernopokładowy Leo van Ginderen „Hamidiye”, część II CZECHY René Greger, Ota Janeček FRANCJA Mikołaj Kubacki Gérard Garier, Jean Guiglini, Pierre Hervieux Francuska Marynarka Wojenna w latach 25 HISZPANIA Alejandro Anca Alamillo 1918-1939, część III LITWA Aleksandr Mitrofanov MALTA Nikołaj W. Mitiuckow Joseph Caruana 37 Radzieckie kutry torpedowe typu G-5 NIEMCY w Hiszpanii Siegfried Breyer, Richard Dybko, Hartmut Ehlers, Jürgen Eichardt, Christoph Fatz, Zvonimir Freivogel, Reinhard Kramer Karol Lipiński, Arkadiusz Worona ROSJA Japońskie okręty podwodne 46 Siergiej A. Bałakin, Nikołaj W. Mitiuckow, typu „Junsen”, część II Konstantin B. Strelbickij STANY ZJEDNOCZONE. A.P. Arthur D. Baker III Maciej Franz UKRAINA 58 Anatolij N. Odajnik, Władimir P. Zabłockij Stawiacz min ORP „Gryf” w kampanii WIELKA BRYTANIA wrześniowej 1939 roku Ralph Edwards WŁOCHY Maurizio Brescia, Achille Rastelli Hartmut Ehlers Adres redakcji Marynarka Wojenna Paragwaju, część III 67 Wydawnictwo „Okręty Wojenne” Krzywoustego 16, 42-605 Tarnowskie Góry Polska/Poland tel: +48 032 384-48-61 www.okretywojenne.pl Stanisław Biela e-mail: [email protected] 81 Trałowiec rzeczny projekt 151 Skład, druk i oprawa: DRUKPOL sp. j. Kochanowskiego 27, 42-600 Tarnowskie Góry tel. 032 285 40 35, www.drukujemy.pl Ryszard Leszczyński © by Wydawnictwo „Okręty Wojenne” 2010 88 Wszelkie prawa zastrzeżone. All rights reserved. Tego sierpniowego dnia nie zapomnę Przedruk i kopiowanie jedynie za zgodą nigdy wydawnictwa. Redakcja zastrzega sobie prawo skracania i adjustacji tekstów. Materiałów nie zamówionych nie zwracamy. Krzysztof Hanuszek Redakcja nie ponosi odpowiedzialności za treść publikowanych artykułów, które prezentują 94 Trzecia bitwa w Zatoce Syrta wyłącznie opinie i punkt widzenia ich autorów. Nakład: 1500 egz. Maciej S. Sobański Południowokoreańskie korwety 99 typu „Pohang” Na okład ce: Niemiecka kanonierka Iltis sfotografowana w latach 1909-1911. Na flagsztoku jed- nostki widoczna replika orderu „Puor le 104 Nowości wydawnicze Mérite”. Fot. zbiory Günther Seeherr Z życia flot AUSTRALIA zylią i wspominało zainteresowanie DCNS Stocznią Marynarki Wo- Budowa niszczycieli jennej w Gdyni, choć nie w kontekście wielozadaniowych fregat. W stoczni BAE Systems w Brisbane odbyła się uroczystość rozpo- W Lorient trwa budowa dwóch kolejnych jednostek typu FREMM częcia budowy kadłuba ostatniego, trzeciego niszczyciela typu „Ho- (frégate européenne multi-missions). W suchym doku pod dachem bart”. Jednostki typu „Hobart” określane są w Australii mianem nisz- montowany jest kadłub fregaty dla Maroko i prefabrykuje się elemen- czycieli przeciwlotniczych. Okręty o wyporności ok. 6200 t i długości ty stalowe na drugą jednostkę dla Marine Nationale. Linię produkcyj- 147 m zostaną wyposażone w system „Aegis”. Ich uzbrojenie składać ną kadłubów pokazano prezydentowi Sarkozemu i innym oficjelom. się będzie z 48 pionowych wyrzutni Mk 41 dla pocisków przeciwbali- Podczas przemówienia prezydent Republiki wielokrotnie wspominał stycznych/przeciwlotniczych SM-2, SM-6 i ESSM, 8 pocisków prze- o ważnej roli państwowego koncernu stoczniowego DCNS w skutecz- ciwokrętowych RGM-84 „Harpoon”, 2 wyrzutni torped, działa mor- nej polityce międzynarodowej Francji. Szkoda, ze polscy politycy nie skiego kalibru 127 mm oraz zestawu obrony bezpośredniej Phalanx biorą pod uwagę takiej optyki, czego przykładem było wodowanie ka- Block 1B. dłuba polskiej wielozadaniowej korwety projektu „Gawron”, podczas Głównym wykonawcą zlecenie ministerstwa obrony, o szacowanej którego nie było żadnych przedstawicieli władz politycznych, a woj- wartości 8 mld AUD, jest konsorcjum, kierowane przez ASC (Austra- skowi, jeśli już byli, nie reprezentowali nawet siebie samych... lian Submarine Corporation). Spółka jest odpowiedzialna za budowę 3 niszczycieli, z których pierwszy, Hobart powinien zostać przekazany HOLANDIA marynarce wojennej w grudniu 2014, a pozostałe – Brisbane i Sydney „Holland“ w Holandii – odpowiednio na początku 2016 i w połowie 2017. Trwają prace wyposażeniowe w stoczni De Schelde in Vlissingen, Ich kadłuby budowane są w trzech stoczniach: ASC w Adelajdzie, na uniwersalnym patrolowcu Holland (P840). Jest to prototypowa jed- Forgacs w Newcastle i BAE Systems w Melbourne. W tej ostatniej pra- nostka, której kadłub, dla oszczędności kosztów, zbudowała rumuńska ce rozpoczęły się oficjalnie wczoraj. Zakłady te zatrudniają obecnie stocznia Damen Shipyards w Galati (Gałaczu). W budowie raz pla- przy projekcie ok. 500 osób. Docelowo pracę znajdzie ok. 3 tys. osób nach znajdują się jeszcze: Zeeland (P841), Friesland (P842) i Gronin- w kilkunastu zakładach. gen (P843). Patrolowce mają pełnić slużbę na Morzu Północnym (stre- fa ekonomiczna) oraz Karaibskim (Antyle Holenderskie). FRANCJA Dane taktyczno-techniczne są następujące: wyporność 3750 t, wy- Wodowanie „Aquitaine” miary 107,90 x 16,00 x 4,55 m, napęd dieselelektryczny 2 x 5,4 MW W stoczni koncernu DCNS w Lorient prezydent Francji, Nicolas (14 500 KM), prędkość 22 węzły, załoga 55 ludzi. Uzbrojenie obej- Sarkozy odsłonił, w dosłownym tego słowa znaczeniu, 4 maja pierw- muje 1 działo OTOBreda kal. 76 mm, 1 działko kal. 30 mm, 2 wkm-y szą fregatę typu FREMM, która będzie nosiła nazwę Aquitaine. Okręt wejdzie w przyszłym roku do eksploatacji testowej, a do linii za dwa lata. Jest wspól- nym przedsięwzięciem Francji i Włoch. Wielozadaniowy okręt zamówiły już Maroko i Grecja, choć ta ostatnia może nie wy- wiązać się z deklaracji z uwagi na sytuację gospodarczą kraju. DCNS liczy na kolejne zamó- wienia z tradycyjnych dla sie- bie krajów arabskich i daleko- Patrolowiec Holland przy nabrzeżu stoczni w Vlissingen, 26.02.2010. Fot. Leo van Ginderen wschodnich, choć działania marketingowe państwa, zaczynając od najwyższego szczebla politycz- Browning kal. 12,7 mm. Jednostki są wyposażone w hangar, lądowi- nego, mogą przynieść kontrakty także na innych rynkach. Podczas sko i 1 śmigłowiec. uroczystości odsłonięcia okrętu dużo mówiło się o współpracy z Bra- INDIE Fregata Aquitaine krótko przed ceremonią odsłonięcia olbrzymiej flagi Indyjska fregata stealth narodowej na prawej burcie. Fot. DCN W czwartek odbyła się uroczystość przekazania flocie indyjskiej pierwszej rodzimej fregaty stealth Shivalik projektu 17. Fregatę Shi- valik zbudowała stocznia Mazagon Docks Ltd (MDL) w Mumbaju. To pierwsza z trzech fregat tego typu zamówionych przez indyjską mary- narkę wojenną, które mają kosztować w sumie ok. 1,6 mld USD. Zo- stały one formalnie zamówione na początku 1999. Budowa była po- czątkowo opóźniona z powodu problemów z dostawami rosyjskiej stali D-40S. Ostatecznie została ona zastąpiona indyjskim zamienni- kiem. Stępkę pod Shivalik położono 11 lipca 2001. Przekazanie fre- gaty uległo kolejnemu opóźnieniu z powodu amerykańskich restrykcji związanych z zespołem napędowym. W różnych stadiach budowy znajdują się dwie kolejne fregaty tego projektu: Satpura i Sahyadri. Mają one zostać przekazane flocie w li- stopadzie przyszłego roku i w połowie 2011. W planach jest budowa 7 kolejnych fregat zmodernizowanego proj. 17A. 2 Nr 101 (3/2010) • OKRĘTY WOJENNE Z życia flot bryczne okrętu zakończyły się w listopadzie 2009, a państwowe miesiąc później. Akt jego przyję- cia do składu Wojenno Morsko- wo Fłota został podpisany 22 kwietnia 2010. 6 maja dowód- ca WMF adm. Władimir Wysoc- kij podpisał rozkaz o włączeniu Sankt-Peterburga w skład Floty Północnej. Wczoraj na okręcie podniesiono flagę Św. Andrze- Fregata Shivalik, chluba indyjskich stoczniowców w czasie ostatnich prób. Fot. MDL ja. – Odtąd Sankt-Peterburg będzie Wyporność fregaty proj. 17 wynosi 6200 ton, a długość 143 m. pełnił dyżury bojowe, rozpocznie się szkolenie załogi – powiedział do- Okręt został zaprojektowany zgodnie zasadami obniżenia sygnatu- wódca Leningradzkiej bazy morskiej Aleksandr Fiedotienkow. ry w różnych częstotliwościach i rodzajach promieniowania (według Okręt podwodny z napędem diesel-elektrycznym typu „Łada” projektantów o 90% w stosunku do okrętów poprzedniej generacji). proj. 677 Sankt-Peterburg został zbudowany w stoczni Admirałtiejski- Większość systemów pokładowych i uzbrojenia to produkty importo- wane. Jest wśród nich rosyjski system obrony powietrznej „Sztil” i po- ciski przeciwokrętowe rodziny „Club” oraz izraelskie pociski prze- ciwlotnicze „Barak”. Na pokładzie będą mogły bazować śmigłowce „Dhruv” (indyjskie) lub „Sea King”. Napęd stanowi kombinowany sys- tem (CODOG) z turbiną gazową GE LM-2500 i dieslem SEMT Piel- stick. Umożliwia on osiągnięcie prędkości maksymalnej równej 32 węzły i zasięgu 9 tys. km. Przekazany flocie 29 kwietnia Shivalik to pierwszy okręt indyjskiej marynarki wojennej z oddzielnymi kabinami dla kobiet. Na okręcie zaplanowano miejsca dla 225 marynarzy i 25 oficerów. Rosyjski okręt podwodny Sankt-Peterburg.
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