ORP Flaming

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ORP Flaming was a Polish base minesweeper from the Cold War era, one of 12 ships of Orlik-class, rebuilt between 2000 and 2001 into a minehunter (Projekt 206FM). The vessel measured 58.2 meters in length, 7.97 meters in width, and had a draft of 2.14 meters, with a full displacement of 470 tons. It was armed with three twin-mounted 25 mm 2M-3M automatic guns and depth charges, and was also equipped to carry and deploy naval mines. The ship was launched on 5 May 1966 at Stocznia Gdynia, and was commissioned into the Polish Navy on September 27 of the same year. Designated with the pennant number 621, the vessel initially served in the 13th Minesweeper Division of the 9th Coastal Defense Flotilla in Hel. After the division's disbandment in 2006, it was reassigned to the 8th Coastal Defence Flotilla. ORP Flaming served in NATO's standing mine countermeasure groups four times and participated in numerous international exercises, clearing dangerous remnants of World War II in both Polish and foreign waters. After years of intensive service, the ship was decommissioned in December 2020.