Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War

Polish Navy — Submarine class

Orzeł-class submarine

Orzeł class

Design and service

Type
Submarine
Navy
Polish Navy
Built
1930s–

Class specifications

Figures for the class as designed. Individual vessels varied, sometimes considerably — each vessel page carries its own configurations.

As built
Displacement, submerged
1,100 long tons (1,118 t)
Length
84 m (275.6 ft)
Speed
15 knots (27.8 km/h, 17.3 mph)
Armament
  • 12 × 550 mm (21.7-inch) torpedo tubes (4 bow 4 stern 2x2 trainable mounts), One 105 mm (4-inch) deck gun, One twin retractable 40 mm L/60 Bofors gun

Roster

Vessel Pennant Commissioned Fate
ORP Orzeł (1938) 1938 1939 Sunk 1940
ORP Sęp (1938) 1938 1939 Scrapped 1972

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