ORP Orkan
Polish Destroyer
| Name | ORP Orkan | ||
| Type: | Destroyer (M) | ||
| Tonnage | 1,920 tons | ||
| Completed | 1942 - Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Govan, Glasgow | ||
| Owner | Polish Navy | ||
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| Date of attack | 8 Oct 1943 | Nationality:  Polish | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-378 (Erich Mäder) | ||
| Position | 56° 30'N, 26° 26'W - Grid AK 6328 | ||
| Complement | 229 officers and men (186 dead and 43 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | SC-143 | ||
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| History | Launched as HMS Myrmidon (G 90) for the Royal Navy, completed in November 1942 as ORP Orkan for the Polish Navy. | ||
| Notes on event | At 07.05 hours on 8 October 1943, ORP Orkan (Cdr Stanislaw Hryniewiecki) was hit by a Gnat from U-378 while escorting convoy SC-143 and sank within five minutes. The commander, eleven officers, 167 ratings and seven British crew members were lost. One officer, 39 ratings and three British crew members were picked up by HMS Musketeer (G 86) (Cdr R.L. Fisher, OBE, DSO, RN). At 21.58 hours on 7 October 1943, ORP Orkan had been missed by a Gnat from U-758 (Manseck) which detonated in her wake. | ||
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| On board | We have details of 190 people who were on board. | ||
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