ORP Delfin

3D Model

Wreck of ORP Delfin (ex. BYMS-2211) . “British Yard Mine Sweepers” were built to the same design as the US Navy’s “Yard Mine Sweepers”. BYMS’s were built in the USs and transferred the Royal Navy under the Lend-lease Programme.

Built by: Robert Jacob Inc., City Island, New York, USA. Laid down: 18 May 1942.
Launched: 10 October 1942. Handed over to Royal Navy: 7 May 1943. Returned to USA: 29 August 1947. Transferred to Poland on 18 April 1948 and re-named Delfin, T-31. On August 1, 1957, ORP Delfin was deliberately scuttled in the Bay of Gdansk to serve as a training platform for the Polish Navy.

Position: 54° 38’ 52,20″ N 18° 36’ 11,20″ E

Max. depth: 20m Min. depth: 12m Length: ~40m Width: ~7.7m

The wreck was scanned by: Mariusz Czajka, Bernabe Moreno and Bartek Trzcinski on the 4th of April 2025.