Polish Navy — Submarine
1938
ORP Orzeł (1938)
Service
- as ORP Orzeł2 February 1939 — 23 May 1940265 days of the war
Orzeł-class submarine
Particulars
- Name
- ORP Orzeł
- Pennant / hull number
- 1938
- Namesake
- Eagle
- Builder
- De Schelde, Netherlands
- Laid down
- 14 August 1936
- Launched
- 15 January 1938
- Commissioned
- 2 February 1939
- Fate
- Missing since 23 May 1940, presumed sunk (1940)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Length
- 84 m (275.6 ft)
- Beam
- 6.7 m (22 ft)
- Draught
- 4.17 m (13.7 ft)
- Speed
- 19.4 knots (35.9 km/h, 22.3 mph)
- Complement
- 60
- Main gun
- 105 mm (4.1 in)
ORP Orzeł was a Orzeł-class submarine built for the Polish Navy. She carried the pennant number 1938. She was named for Eagle. De Schelde, Netherlands laid her keel on 14 August 1936. She entered service on 2 February 1939, having been launched on 15 January 1938.
Two ships of the class were built. The class followed the Wilk-class submarine.
She measured 84 m (276 ft) long with a beam of 6.7 m (22 ft). Her designed speed was 19.4 knots, and she carried a complement of 60. Her main battery was of 105 mm (4.1 in) calibre.
She was in commission for 265 days of the Second World War.
She was sunk on 23 May 1940, at 54°59′N 1°00′E. The wreck survives.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Armament
- 1 × Bofors wz.25 105 mm gun
- 1 × double Bofors wz.36 40 mm AA gun
- 1 × Hotchkiss 13.2 mm HMG
- 12 × 533 mm / 550 mm torpedo launchers (4 aft, 4 rudder, 4 waist)
- 20 torpedoes
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from ORP Orzeł (1938) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Witold Pikiel (1889-1943) — Narodowe Archiwum Cyfrowe (Sygnatura: 1-W-2029-1) (Polish National Digital Archive) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons