Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Royal Navy — Submarine P52

ORP Dzik (P52)

U-class submarine

ORP Dzik (P52)
Royal Navy official photographer — This photograph FL 11020 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 8308-29) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate — P52 Polish submarine DZIK , originally British U class submarine P-52, underway in coastal waters.

Service

  1. Royal Navy as HMS P522,193 days of the war
  2. Polish Navy as ORP Dzik16 December 1942 — 25 July 1947991 days of the war
  3. Royal Danish Navy as HDMS U 1July 1947 — 1957
U-class submarine Particulars
Name
ORP Dzik
Pennant / hull number
P52
Builder
Vickers Armstrong, Barrow-in-Furness
Laid down
30 December 1941
Launched
11 October 1942
Commissioned
16 December 1942
Decommissioned
25 July 1947
Fate
Returned to UK 1957 (1957)
Status
Unknown

Specifications

Displacement, surfaced
540 long tons (549 t)
Displacement, submerged
730 long tons (742 t)
Length
58.22 m (191 ft)
Beam
4.9 m (16.1 ft)
Draught
4.62 m (15.2 ft)
Speed
11.3 knots (20.8 km/h, 12.9 mph)
Range
4,300 nmi (7,964 km)
Complement
37
Main gun
76 mm (3 in)

ORP Dzik was a U-class submarine in service with the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number P52. Vickers Armstrong, Barrow-in-Furness laid her keel on 30 December 1941. She entered service on 16 December 1942, having been launched on 11 October 1942.

53 ships of the class were built.

The boat displaced 540 long tons surfaced and 730 long tons submerged. She measured 58.2 m (191 ft) long with a beam of 4.9 m (16 ft). Her designed speed was 11.2 knots, and she carried a complement of 37. Her main battery was of 76 mm (3.0 in) calibre.

She served with the Royal Navy as HMS P52. She then passed to the Polish Navy, serving as ORP Dzik from 16 December 1942. She then passed to the Royal Danish Navy, serving as HDMS U 1 from July 1947. She was in commission for 3,184 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 25 July 1947.

She was transferred in 1957.

Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.

Armament and machinery

Armament and machinery
Propulsion
  • 2 shaft diesel-electric
  • 2 Paxman Ricardo diesel generators + electric motors
  • 615 / 825 hp
Armament
  • 4 bow internal 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes - 8 - 10 torpedoes
  • 1 - 3 in gun

Sister ships

28 more in the class

Sources

  • Facts harvested from ORP Dzik (P52) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: Royal Navy official photographer — This photograph FL 11020 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 8308-29) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons