ORP Groźny

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ORP Groźny Wreck, Baltic Sea, Poland.

Location: 54° 40’ 33.2” N , 18° 40’ 53.8” E Depth: ~14-18m

Dimensions: Length between perpendiculars Lpp 52,00 m Breadth 6,40 m Draft 2,50 m Displacement 350 tonnes

Large submarine chaser from Russia. Ship type BO. Taken over by the PRL Navy on 15 December 1957r .

The ship was decommissioned in 1971 and sunk during Warsaw Pact manoeuvres at the Hel sea training ground. After that it was used as a wreck for military divers’ training.

More information: https://wrakibaltyku.pl/en/wraki/21,grozny-21.html?page=1

Photos captured during a GUE project in June 2024 in a team effort by: Paweł Zimnicki, Bernabe Moreno and Bartek Trzciński

Special thanks to all the divers who supported/contributed : Piotr Biłogan, Michał Soliński, Agnieszka Huszcza, Dobromiła Zimnicka, Michał Potok, Alicja Ulejczyk, Kiki Chen, Bartłomiej Taranko, Łukasz Matysiak, Żaneta Mentel, Benjamin Brammer.

Model processed by: Bartosz Chrabski