REPORT
the histORy Of ORP ŚLą zak cOnstRuc tiOn it is an examPLe Of difficuLties which tOuched POLish navy fOR yeaRs.
initiaLLy, it was assumed that based On geRman License seven units Of gawROn-cLass vesseLs (POLish: ROOk)
cOmPatibLe with mekO a-100 mOduLaR vesseL PROjec t (in seRvice with geRman, maLaysian and isRaeLi navy) wiLL
be buiLt in gdynia, POLand. hOweveR afteR OfficiaL keeL PLacing, the wORks mOved sLOwLy and afteR few yeaRs
they weRe stOPPed. in 2011 whOLe PROgRam was susPended. finaLLy, decisiOn makeRs went tO theiR senses and
in 2013 new agReement cOnceRning huLk cOmPLetiOn Of PatROL vesseL has been signed. this ac t tOgetheR with
uPgRade caPabiLities and eLec tROnic equiPment instaLLed On bOaRd is aLsO a chance tO RedeveLOP ORP ŚLą zak
in futuRe intO the muLtiPuRPOse cORvette equiPPed with Offensive weaPOn systems. the time Of the buiLding
– 15 yeaRs in tOtaL – means that POLand beat an infamOus RecORd Of indian and Russian shiPyaRds.
