ORP Żuraw was a Jaskółka-class minesweeper of the Polish Navy at the outset of World War II.

Żuraw was built at the Polish Navy Shipyard (Stocznia Marynarki Wojennej) in Gdynia as a Jaskkóła-class warship minesweeper.

On 1 September 1939 the ship participated in the defense of the Hel peninsula against a massive German aerial "carpet" bombing attack.

Under the German Navy the ship underwent a retrofit with modifications of the middle section, and the guard of the fight ramp was also altered.

In 1946 Żuraw underwent an overhaul, and as the first of the class to return to service, began a mission on 1 November 1946 while temporarily assigned to a group of trawlers type MT.

[2] At the end of 1947 the ship underwent a modification and was retrofitted for new service, with the hydrographical survey and a design and drafting studio.

This event led to a series of political trials in the Polish Navy, which ended on or about 7 November 1951 with death penalty convictions in absentia for the escaped crew members.

A storm on New Year's Eve 1978/1979 broke the rigging [citation needed] and the ship was beached at the orchestra at basin X, and removed from active service.