ORP Burza (squall or storm) was ordered on 2 April 1926 from the French shipyard Chantiers Navals Français together with her sister ship Wicher.

On 30 August 1939 the Polish destroyers ORP Burza, Błyskawica and Grom were ordered to execute the Peking Plan, and the warships headed for Great Britain.

[3] On 4 May Burza came alongside the battleship HMS Resolution and took aboard Polish survivors who had survived the sinking of ORP Grom earlier that day.

On 24 May 1940[4] Burza was ordered to join the Royal Navy destroyers HMS Vimiera and Wessex and shell German positions that were besieging Calais, providing support for British troops ashore.

At 16.20 the Allied vessels opened fire on enemy armoured column at Sangatte Hill west of Calais.

[4][5] Midshipman Konstanti Okolow-Zubkowski serving on Burza recalled[5] that when back at Dover, an admiral came aboard complaining that debris was being thrown over the side of the ship.