In December 1997 representatives of the Ministry of National Defence and the Polish Navy selected a conceptual design for future multipurpose corvettes.

[8] Unlike multirole combat aircraft acquisition financed separate of National Defence budget, the program wasn't a priority for the Armed Forces and suffered from insufficient funding.

[6][9] In 2007 a shipyard awarded Italian Avio a USD 10 million deal to provide CODAG propulsion system.

[11] This led to postpone the decision to order the combat systems worth PLN 824 million that was negotiated with Thales in 2008.

[9] On 16 September 2009 the hull already with engines, turbines, generators, line shafts and air-conditioners completed technical launching for the first time.

[16] On 23 September 2013 an annex to 2001 construction contract was signed to complete the sole unit as patrol vessel.

[18] In December 2013 Thales Group was selected as mission suite supplier for 100 million euro worth contract.