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M class destroyer ORP Orkan (G 90) (ex HMS Myrmidon). Commissioned 18.11.42
Hit by a GNAT torpedo from U-378 while escorting convoy SC 143 on 8 October 1943, Orkan sank within a few minutes. One officer and 43 ratings were rescued by HMS Musketeer, 179 dead. The sinking is the largest loss of life from a single incident in Polish Navy history.
M class destroyer ORP Orkan (G 90) (ex HMS Myrmidon). Commissioned 18.11.42
Hit by a GNAT torpedo from U-378 while escorting convoy SC 143 on 8 October 1943, Orkan sank within a few minutes. One officer and 43 ratings were rescued by HMS Musketeer, 179 dead. The sinking is the largest loss of life from a single incident in Polish Navy history.