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 "slug": "poland-orp-wicher-first-miecznik-frigate-christened-floated-gdynia-boabarge-arrowhead-140-service-2029",
 "title": "Poland Christens ORP Wicher and Floats the First Miecznik Frigate Off a Submerged Barge — Service Entry 2029",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/poland-orp-wicher-first-miecznik-frigate-christened-floated-gdynia-boabarge-arrowhead-140-service-2029/",
 "canonical": "https://www.grosswald.org/poland-orp-wicher-first-miecznik-frigate-christened-floated-gdynia-boabarge-arrowhead-140-service-2029/",
 "type": "dispatch",
 "published": "2026-08-13T20:24:00.000+02:00",
 "updated": "2026-08-19T20:25:01.000+02:00",
 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGdynia, 13 August 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * ORP Wicher, first of Poland's three Miecznik frigates, was christened at PGZ Stocznia Wojenna's southern quay on 12 August with President Karol Nawrocki and Prime Minister Donald Tusk present; godmother Agata Ziemiańska, wife of the Inspector of the Navy\n * On 13 August the hull floated for the first time in the Gulf of Gdańsk: the semi-submersible barge Boabarge 33 was ballasted down in about 26 metres of water and the hull lifted free at rou",
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 "capabilities": [
  "sea"
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 "tags": [
  "defense-industry",
  "naval-defense",
  "polish-lithuanian-axis"
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  "poland"
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  "countries": [
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