Construction of the first of Poland’s three new Miecznik frigates is now underway at the state-owned PGZ shipyard in Gdynia. In parallel, the vessel’s MTU propulsion engines and four marine gensets are currently being built at Rolls-Royce Power Systems in Friedrichshafen, Germany.
The Miecznik frigates are based on Babcock’s Arrowhead 140 platform, on which the U.K.’s Type 31 frigate program is based. The first ship is scheduled to be launched...