ORP Wodnik 251
Wodnik is a
training ship, which was built in Northern Shipyard in Gdansk. She entered service on 28th May 1976.
During the 1st Gulf War, she was rebuilt as an evacuation
hospital ship.
Wodnik was sent to the Persian Gulf waters with Orp Piast, as a hospital
ship. On the night of February 16th 1991, Wodnik was alongside, in the safe harbour of Jubail in
Saudi Arabia, berthed next to her was the amphibious assault ship Uss Tarawa which became the target of a rocket attack by the Iraqis.
About 02:07 one Al Hussein missile fell into the dock, just 125 meters from the Wodnik, luckily the missile head did not explode, so the ship escaped serious damage.
Wodnik is seen here arriving and alongside in Leith on the 14th July 2015.
