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Lublin class Project 767 Landing Ship, Medium - Program

The program of development commenced in 1977, when The Navy began with the development of the substantive grounds to take the preliminary design work on new types of amphibious ships. In 1978, based on the emergency tactical analysis developed in 1977, work started to perform analysis of the military-technical-economic study of the general characteristics and project preliminary requirement. The pre-project study in 1979 developed seven preliminary designs, which were three catamarans of all sizes, landing ship-through cargo hold of an open, straight from the closed hold, and the small dock landing ship.

General characteristics and technical prerequisites were approved by the Headquarters of the Polish Navy. In accordance with these requirements mean amphibious was to be armed with a single 76 mm gun, 2 cannons of 30 mm, 2 missile launchers MTU-4 for "Strela 2 m", 2 sets of passive interference, 6 launch loads of excessive and have capacities of 10 T-72 tanks. It was assumed that the ships will be fitted with launchers-guided missiles, and feature support for the construction of fire support ships. These requirements represent a compromise between the tasks required in the analysis of emergency tactical and military capabilities on the basis of the analysis of the general technical-economic characteristics.

A definitive agreement was reached in 1984 between the Northern Shipyard and the Polish Navy for the construction of ten landing ships with a draft of 2 meters with five T-72 tanks on board. Enforcing these requirements determined the minimum dimensions of the hull. This groundbreaking agreement marks the beginning of the true history of the project, resulting in BPKT Northern Shipyard, later designated number 767. Having regard to the whole package of existing papers, this changed the tactical assumptions and further design work continued. In July 1984 the Shipyard North interested the Polish Navy in a medium assault ship variant, which assumed cruising with an open hold. The Polish Navy endorsed this concept and in September 1984 released the new prerequisites General technical characteristics. The Chief Inspector approved them and the yard began to design the ship.

She even-minowy Project 767 is designed to transport by sea and putting on saginata shore., without the application of additional measures of transhipment facilities, vessels and self-propelled wheel and crawler, not flying, military and marine soldiers landing techniques. Her tasks are:

• loading with unaided Bank, transport by sea and land combat on the eye Bank of the floating (floating vehicles can leave the ship on a deep water) and the nieplywajacej military techniques and marine troops landing at sea state 3;
• transshipment on the high seas of vehicles with the other ships of the same design in the system of "ro-ro" (after the ships in a series) in a sea state 2;
• vertical transshipment vehicles or supplies on deep water or at the quayside, using external cargo handling equipment;
• loading and unloading-transport vehicles when prepared the waterfront in the system of "ro-ro";
• loading, transportation and dropping mines in defensive pens of land mines;
• loading and transport of the wounded and the sick.

In April 1985 the Northern BPKT Yard developed a conceptual design for a Medium Landing Ship [LSM] that was certified as project number 767. In July 1985 the Center for Maritime Technology developed technical requirements of the General characteristics, which were approved by the Ministry of Defense. In November 1985 the yard was directed to build a prototype of the North Yard Medium Landing Ship, with the estimated date of delivery of the Project 767 in 1988. Latera further 5 ships Project 767 were ordered (including in the first stage, ordered 6 units). The main designer of the new unit was Mgr. ing. Stanislaw Kenski.

Team Northern Shipyard developed documentation that was one of the best in the world. It used a number of innovative solutions, the odd type on similar units. After the completion of the work of the design Shipyard North proceeded to build a prototype. Once identified, its construction was marked by NATO as BAL-COM-11. The first medium amphibious Project 767 was launched on 12 July 1988. Next to the contemporary discreet Project 767 designation, the project received on an explicit number 19, practically replacing the invalid indication of B19. In view of cumulative financial and economic problems, outfitting lasted a very long time. The ship was commissioned over a year after the launching, on 12 October 1989, celebrating the day of the Polish Navy. It received the name ORP "Lublin" and number of the pendant (821). From disclosed the names of the prototype (it is visible on the side of the aft portion) were projekt 767 to specify as the type of Lublin. On the day of solemn raising of the flag on the ORP "Lublin", the Northern Shipyard continued outfitting for two hulls which were already laid down.

In view of the changing political situation after 1989, the Navy canceled the order of the sixth unit of the project, and withdrew the second option for the construction of six more Project 767 ships.