Rybitwa (605), the fifth Kormoran II (Project 258) MCMV on order for the Polish Navy, was launched at Remontowa Shipbuilding in Gdańsk on 19 March 2025. (PGZ)
The Polish Armaments Group (Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa: PGZ) and its subsidiaries PGZ Naval Shipyard and the Research and Development Centre of Marine Technology (OBR CTM) have signed a letter of intent (LoI) with Remontowa Shipbuilding for the potential future export of Kormoran II mine-countermeasures vessels (MCMVs).
The co-operation agreement was signed during the christening and launch ceremony of the Polish Navy's fifth Kormoran II (Project 258)-class MCMV, Rybitwa (605), at Remontowa Shipbuilding's facilities in Gdańsk on 19 March, PGZ confirmed the same day.
Rybitwa is the fifth in a series of six Kormoran II MCMVs on order for the Polish Navy under contracts awarded to a consortium comprising Remontowa Shipbuilding (acting as the prime contractor), PGZ Naval Shipyard, OBR CTM, and the CTO Ship Design and Research Centre.
They are intended to replace the navy's 1960s-era Project 206FM mine-warfare vessels ORP Czajka, ORP Flaming, and ORP Mewa, which were decommissioned between 2019 and 2021.
The first three vessels, ORP Kormoran (601), ORP Albatros (602), and ORP Mewa (603), were delivered and commissioned into service between 2017 and 2023, and are based with the 8th Coastal Defence Flotilla's 13th Minesweeper Squadron in Gdynia.
Rybitwa and sister ships Jaskółka (604) and Czajka (606) are being built under a Batch 2 contract awarded in June 2022. Jaskółka was launched in June 2024 and is due for delivery in 2026. Czajka,
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