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POLAND
COASTAL FORCES
S2 WILCZUR motor gunboats (1940 / 1940)
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S2 and S3
Ships
| Names | Builders | Completed | Losses | Transfers | Discarding |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
S2 Wilczur (ex-MGB44, ex-MA/SB44) S3 Wyzel (ex-MGB45, ex-MA/SB45) |
British Power Boat, Hythe, UK: S2 Wilczur, S3 Wyzel |
1940 // 7.1940: S2 Wilczur, S3 Wyzel |
S3 Wyzel (CTL 20.5.1943) |
none |
7.1944: S2 Wilczur |
Technical data
| Displacement standard, t | 24 |
|---|---|
| Displacement full, t | 31 |
| Length, m | 19.2 |
| Breadth, m | 5.00 |
| Draught, m | 1.08 |
| No of shafts | 2 |
| Machinery | 2 Rolls-Royce petrol engines |
| Power, h. p. | 2200 |
| Max speed, kts | 36 |
| Fuel, t | petrol |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
| Armament | 1 x 1 - 40/39 2pdr QF Mk VIII, 2 x 2 - 12.7/62, 2 DC |
| Complement | 10 |
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S2 and S3
Project history
Submarine chasers in hulls of MTBs, ordered by Sweden and Norway, requisitioned by British after war begun. Two of them were transferred to Polish Navy.
Modernizations
1943-1944, presumably: + type 286PU or type 291U radar
Naval service
No significant events.
