Polish Navy’s sixth Kormoran II-class minehunter launched and christened

December 15, 2025, by Fatima Bahtić

Remontowa Shipbuilding has held a ceremony to christen and launch the sixth in a series of Kormoran II-class minehunters for the Polish Navy, ORP Czajka.

As informed, the ceremony took place on December 11, 2025, in Gdansk. This is the sixth Kormoran II-class vessel built in Gdańsk by a consortium consisting of Remontowa Shipbuilding S.A. (leader), the Research and Development Center (Centrum Techniki Morskiej) in Gdynia, and PGZ Naval Shipyard.

Remontowa Shipbuilding lays keel for Polish Navy’s sixth Kormoran II minehunter (Gallery)

Vessels

Currently, the shipyard is building three additional mine countermeasure vessels in cooperation with consortium partners: ORP Rybitwa (604, launched in March this year), ORP Jaskółka (605, launched in June this year), and the future ORP Czajka (606). According to plans, ships 604-606 will be commissioned in 2026-2027.

Developed as part of Poland’s naval modernization program, the new class of modern mine countermeasure vessels will enhance maritime safety and security in Polish waters.

“The Czajka ship will serve Poland. It is a mine countermeasure vessel destined for the 8th Flotilla, the third in this series. The Kormoran-class ships serve the Navy well. ORP Albatros recently returned from joint exercises with Finland and performed very well there. This is about acquiring new capabilities – frigates, rescue ships, radio-electronic reconnaissance ships and minehunters, such as the Czajka ship,” said the head of the Ministry of National Defense, Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz.

“Exactly 10 years ago, we launched a prototype that marked the beginning of a much-needed and, as sailors say, very good series of mine sweepers. The first three ships, ORP Kormoran, ORP Albatros and ORP Mewa, are already serving our navy at sea. They thus became the first ships built from scratch in Poland in nearly 30 years (…),” Remontowa Holding CEO Adam Ruszkowski stated.

“As Remontowa Shipbuilding, we have delivered nine new ships to the Polish Navy over the past five years, since 2017, including three mine countermeasure vessels and six multi-purpose vessels as part of the ‘Holownik’ programme. At the same time, we have launched 12 ships over the past 10 years.”

The company currently has five ships in production, which will be delivered to the navy once they are equipped and tested over the next two years.

In total, from 2017 (the date of delivery of the first Kormoran) to 2027 (the date of delivery of the last of the currently ordered reconnaissance vessels), Remontowa Shipbuilding will equip the navy with 14 vessels across three classes: combat, auxiliary, and reconnaissance.