A Tour on board ORP Lech
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 Sub lieutenant Robest Szymaniuk is caught in the middle of his launch as I board the Polish SAR vessel
LECH. Even though Robest Szymaniuk is disturbed during his break he
willfully gives an informative tour on board the vessel. Normally Robest Szymaniuk serves
on board the Lech's sister ship, which is a true copy of LECH with regard
to equipment and complement. But these days he is on a temporary transfer
to the LECH as diving operations officer.The LECH's main operational area is the Baltic Sea, where she performs SAR operations. During Sorbet Royal the crew of 58 is enlarged with 11 divers from Canada and 8 from Greece. Therefore the diving operation room, in which Robest Szymaniuk leads the diving operations, is a little more chaotic than the rest of the well maintained ship. |
 Robest Szymaniuk explains how the two persons diving teams are supplied by one of three kinds of oxygen or mixed
gas. The LECH contains an impressive gas storage, which consists of some twenty gas containers all containing up to 50m3 each.LECH is equipped with a diving bell, which has an operation depth 120 meter; more than sufficient for the Baltic Sea. On board the LECH you of course will find a decompression chamber, with a TUP unit (Transport under pressure). Furthermore LECH is equipped with two ROVs: The French Achilles and the American MK2 both with an operational depth up to 300 meter.
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 The LECH spent 153 days at sea in 2001, and she is as such a very operational vessel doing
many SAR operations for instance the search for a wreck of MIG-21.
Since Poland joined NATO, LECH has participated in several NATO exercises. When she leaves SORBET
ROYAL on the 31st May she is off to Norway to tow one of the three new
submarines that Poland has bought from Norway. |
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