Keel laid for construction of sixth Polish mine destroyer

At Remontowa Shipbuilding on December 16 this year, the keel for the construction of the sixth serial mine countermeasure vessel of project 258 ‘Kormoran II’ was ceremoniously laid. The ship will be named ORP Czajka.

– Cooperation with the Navy has been part of our shipyard’s history almost since its inception. We have built nearly 600 modern naval and special ships. Some of them remain in service to date. This testifies to the high quality and reliability of the ships we build – said Dariusz Jaguszewski, CEO of Remontowa Shipbuilding S.A.

– It is a great task for the State to use this chain, optimised in terms of production, as an export offer of the Polish Republic, the offer of our industry in relations with foreign partners, with the countries of the Baltic region, but also with countries far from the European Union, whose interest in defence of infrastructure at this dangerous time, when they are observing what is happening in the Baltic region, is only growing – emphasised Jacek Siewiera, head of the National Security Bureau.

– We are taking another extremely important step. These capabilities that we are building in terms of bottom scanning and situational awareness in the context of all objects lying on the bottom of the Baltic Sea are currently critical for our country since most of the energy resources and other goods are supplied by sea – said Rear Admiral Piotr Sikora, Commander of the 8th Coastal Defence Flotilla.

– This project once again highlights the sense of building vessels in series and, in my opinion, Remontowa Shipbuilding is a great example of how to build serial ships – six tugs for the Navy and now six “Kormorans” (…) – emphasised, in turn, Commander Piotr Skóra, Head of Maritime Technology at the Armament Agency.

A protocol was signed confirming the laying of the keel, into which a symbolic coin was also welded as a mark of the lucky service of the future ship.

Photos: Sławomir Lewandowski / PortalMorski.pl / 8th Coastal Defence Flotilla

Source: Remontowa Shipbuilding