  {|    |} orp grom was the lead ship of her class of destroyers serving in the polish navy during world war ii. she was named after the polish word for "thunderclap". ==history== grom was ordered from the british j. samuel white shipyard in cowes and laid down in 1935, and commissioned in 1937. grom was thought of as a large destroyer, similar to flotilla leaders. she and sister ship  were to support the outdated french-built  and  in the role of the core of the polish navy in a possible conflict. as poland had only one major seaport, the main 
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