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ŚLĄZAK torpedo boats (1917 - 1918 / 1921)


Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Ślązak (ex-A59)   479 Vulcan, Stettin, Germany 1916 13.4.1917 6.1917 // 9.1921 BU 1937
Krakowiak (ex-A64)   484 Vulcan, Stettin, Germany 1917 30.3.1918 8.1918 // 9.1921 sunk 4.9.1939
Kujawiak (ex-A68)   994 Schichau, Elbing, Germany 1916 11.4.1917 6.1917 // 9.1921 sunk 4.9.1939
Góral (ex-A80), 1922- Podhalanin   514 Vulcan, Stettin, Germany 1917 24.10.1917 12.1917 // 9.1921 target 1938


Technical data


Displacement normal, t

Ślązak, Krakowiak, Góral: 330

Kujawiak: 335

Displacement full, t

Ślązak, Krakowiak, Góral: 381

Kujawiak: 392

Length, m

Ślązak, Krakowiak: 60.1 wl 61.1 oa

Kujawiak: 59.3 wl 60.0 oa

Góral: 60.2 wl 60.4 oa

Breadth, m

Ślązak, Krakowiak, Góral: 6.41

Kujawiak: 6.42

Draught, m

Ślązak, Krakowiak: 2.21

Kujawiak: 2.34

Góral: 2.11

No of shafts

2

Machinery

Ślązak, Krakowiak, Góral: 2 AEG-Vulcan steam turbines, 2 Marine boilers

Kujawiak: 2 sets Schichau geared steam turbines, 2 Marine boilers

Power, h. p.

Ślązak, Krakowiak, Kujawiak: 6000

Góral: 5700

Max speed, kts

Ślązak, Krakowiak, Kujawiak: 28

Góral: 26

Fuel, t

Ślązak, Krakowiak, Góral: oil 92

Kujawiak: oil 82

Endurance, nm(kts)800(20)
Armament

2 x 1 - 75/34 M1915-18, 2 x 1 - 7.9/92, 2 x 1 - 450 TT

Complement

Ślązak, Krakowiak, Kujawiak: 50

Góral: 55



Standard scale images


<i>Ślązak</i> 1921
Ślązak 1921


Project history

Ex-German torpedo boats of A56 class purchased by Poland in 1921.

Modernizations

all ships were unarmed till 1925.

Naval service

Krakowiak and Kujawiak were laid up before WWII but sunk by German aircraft, both 4.9.1939 in Danzig Bight.

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.