UCormorant waya olwandle
I-ORP Kormoran ngesikhathi sokuphuma kwesibili, olwandle olunesivunguvungu, ngoJulayi 14 walo nyaka.
NgoJulayi 13 walo nyaka, ngokokuqala ngqa, umzingeli wezimayini oyisibonelo wephrojekthi 258 Kormoran II waya olwandle. Ingaphansi kweminyaka emibili edlule selokhu kwabekwa i-keel ngoSepthemba 2014. Umkhumbi usenezivivinyo eziningi ezinzima nokuhlolwa kweziqu okuzayo, kodwa kuze kube manje lolu hlelo lwenziwa ngokuhambisana neshejuli eshiwo kwinkontileka ne-Armaments Inspectorate.
Entwasahlobo yalo nyaka, ukwakhiwa kwe-ORP Kormoran kungene esigabeni esiwujuqu. NgoMashi, ngesikhathi umkhumbi usaqedwa, ukuhlolwa kwefekthri kwaqala ngentambo. NgoMeyi, amasethi ejeneretha e-MTU 6R1600M20S aqala ukusebenza ezikhungweni zikagesi ezisizayo, futhi ngenyanga efanayo aqala ukusebenza. Ngaphambi nje kokuphuma kokuqala olwandle, zombili izinjini eziyinhloko i-MTU 8V369 TE74L zaqala ukusebenza futhi zagunyazwa. Inqubo yokudlulisa amadivaysi ngamanye, izindlela kanye nezinhlelo endaweni yomkhumbi iyinkimbinkimbi futhi idla isikhathi, ngakho isaqhubeka nanamuhla, naphezu kokuthi umkhumbi ungene ezivivinyweni zasolwandle. Ngesikhathi ziqala, ukuhlolwa okuboshiwe kwesiteji somkhumbi kwase kuqediwe, kodwa endabeni yemishini yawo, kuyaqhubeka. Ngokuvumelana nesivumelwano phakathi kwe-Weapons Inspectorate kanye nosonkontileka, i.e. yinhlangano yezinkampani eholwa yi-Remontowa Shipbuilding SA, izikhungo zomphakathi nezempi zibamba iqhaza ekwamukelweni kobuchwepheshe. Lezi ngokulandelana kwazo: isikhungo sokuhlukanisa (i-Polski Rejestr Statków SA) kanye nokumelwa kwezempi kwesifunda sesi-4 e-Gdansk.
