ORP Heweliusz
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ORP Heweliusz is a survey ship of the Polish Navy
Polish Navy
The Marynarka Wojenna Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej - MW RP Polish Navy, is the branch of Republic of Poland Armed Forces responsible for naval operations...
of the Projekt 874 class, known as modified Finik class in NATO code. She was launched on 11 September 1981 and commissioned on 27 November 1982.
The sister ship of ORP Arctowski
ORP Arctowski
ORP Arctowski is a survey ship of the Polish Navy. Launched in 1982 in Poland, she is the lead ship of the Projekt 874 class, known as modified Finnik class in NATO code. She is the sister ship of ORP Heweliusz....
is named after the astronomer Johannes Hevelius
Johannes Hevelius
Johannes Hevelius Some sources refer to Hevelius as Polish:Some sources refer to Hevelius as German:*Encyplopedia Britannica * of the Royal Society was a councilor and mayor of Danzig , Pomeranian Voivodeship, in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth...
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