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SUBMARINES

SOKÓL submarines

Dzik 1943

Name No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Sokól (ex-Urchin) P59 - N97 Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow, UK 12/1939 30/9/1940 1/1941 to UK 7/1946 (P97)
Dzik (ex-P52) P52 Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow, UK 1941 11/10/1942 12/1942 to UK 12/1946 (P52)
  

Displacement standard, t

540

Displacement normal, t

630 / 732

Length, m

Sokól: 58.6

Dzik: 60.0

Breadth, m

4.90

Draught, m

4.52 - 4.65

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Paxman-Ricardo or Paxman diesel-generators/ 2 electric motors

Power, h. p.

615 / 825

Max speed, kts

11.25 / 10

Fuel, t

diesel oil 38, later 55

Endurance, nm(kts) 4050(10)

Armament

Sokól: 4 - 533 TT (bow, 8), 1 x 1 - 76/40 QF MkI HA

Dzik: 4 - 533 TT (bow, 8 torpedoes or 6 M2 mines), 1 õ 1 - 76/45 QF MkI HA

Sensors

Sokól: type 286PW radar, sonars

Dzik: type 291W radar, sonars

Complement

31 - 33

Diving depth operational, m 60

Ship project history: British submarines of U class.

Modernizations: 1942 - 1944, Sokól: can carry 6 M2 mines instead of torpedoes, - 1 x 1 - 76/40; + 1 x 1 - 76/45 QF MkI HA

Naval service: No significant events.

Sokól

 

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