ORP Błyskawica museum ship

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destroyer museum ship naval memorial

ORP Błyskawica museum ship is a preserved Polish World War II destroyer now serving as a naval museum and memorial.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
ORP Błyskawica	3
ORP Błyskawica museum ship canonical	2
Polish Navy Museum in Gdynia	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	destroyer ⓘ museum ship ⓘ naval memorial ⓘ
armamentType	anti-aircraft guns ⓘ naval guns ⓘ torpedo tubes ⓘ
awardedDecoration	Virtuti Militari (collective award to the ship) ⓘ
beam	approximately 11.3 meters ⓘ
builder	J. Samuel White ⓘ
builtAt	Cowes ⓘ
builtInCountry	United Kingdom ⓘ
commissioned	1937 ⓘ
convertedTo	museum ship ⓘ
country	Poland ⓘ
crewComplement	approximately 190–200 during World War II ⓘ
decommissioned	1976 ⓘ
displacement	about 2,000 tons (standard, as built) ⓘ
flagshipOf	Polish Navy ⓘ surface form: Polish Navy (various periods after World War II)
heritageStatus	monument of maritime heritage of Poland ⓘ one of the oldest preserved destroyers in the world ⓘ
homePort	Gdynia ⓘ
keelLaid	1935 ⓘ
launched	1936 ⓘ
length	approximately 114 meters ⓘ
location	Gdynia ⓘ
managedBy	ORP Błyskawica museum ship self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Polish Navy Museum in Gdynia
memorialFunction	commemorates Polish Navy sailors of World War II ⓘ
mooredAt	Kościuszko Square ⓘ surface form: Kościuszko Square, Gdynia
museumOpening	1976 ⓘ
namedAfter	Polish word "błyskawica" meaning "lightning" ⓘ
navalEnsign	naval ensign of Poland ⓘ
notableEvent	defence of Cowes during Luftwaffe air raid in May 1942 ⓘ
operator	Polish Navy ⓘ
originalOperator	Polish Navy ⓘ
preservationStatus	preserved as museum ship ⓘ
propulsionType	steam turbines ⓘ
roleInEvent	provided anti-aircraft fire during the 1942 Cowes air raid ⓘ
serviceEntry	1937 ⓘ
shipClass	ORP Grom ⓘ surface form: Grom-class destroyer
shipyard	J. Samuel White shipyard ⓘ
sisterShip	ORP Grom ⓘ
topSpeed	over 39 knots (as built) ⓘ
touristAttraction	major maritime museum attraction in Gdynia ⓘ
usedInConflict	Allied operations in the Mediterranean Sea ⓘ Arctic theatre of World War II ⓘ surface form: Arctic convoys Battle of the Atlantic ⓘ Invasion of Poland ⓘ World War II ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gdynia → hasLandmark → ORP Błyskawica museum ship ⓘ

Polish Armed Forces in the West → navalComponent → ORP Błyskawica museum ship ⓘ

this entity surface form: ORP Błyskawica

ORP Błyskawica museum ship → managedBy → ORP Błyskawica museum ship self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: ORP Błyskawica

this entity surface form: Polish Navy Museum in Gdynia

Kościuszko Square → hasNearbyAttraction → ORP Błyskawica museum ship ⓘ

this entity surface form: ORP Błyskawica

ORP Grom → sisterShip → ORP Błyskawica museum ship ⓘ

this entity surface form: ORP Błyskawica

Gdynia marina → near → ORP Błyskawica museum ship ⓘ