Krakowiak 1942
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Ślązak (ex-Bedale) | L26 | 629 | Hawthorn Leslie, Hebburn, UK | 29.5.1940 | 23.7.1941 | 6.1942 | to UK 9.1946 (Bedale) |
| Kujawiak (ex-Oakley) | L72 | 21 | Vickers-Armstrong, Tyne, UK | 11/1939 | 30.10.1940 | 6.1941 | sunk 16.6.1942 |
| Krakowiak (ex-Silverton) | L115 | 1899 | White, Cowes, UK | 12/1939 | 4.12.1940 | 5.1941 | to UK 9.1946 (Silverton) |
|
Displacement standard, t |
1050 |
|
Displacement full, t |
1580 |
|
Length, m |
80.5 pp 85.3 oa |
|
Breadth, m |
9.60 |
|
Draught, m |
3.78 deep load |
|
No of shafts |
2 |
|
Machinery |
2 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
19000 |
|
Max speed, kts |
27 |
|
Fuel, t |
oil 265 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 2100(20) |
|
Armament |
3 x 2 - 102/45 QF Mk XVI, 1 x 4 - 40/39 2pdr QF Mk VIII, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 2 DCT, 3 DCR (30 - 60) |
| Electronic equipment | type 285, type 286/P radars, type 128 sonar |
|
Complement |
168 |
Project history: British escort destroyers of Hunt class 2nd series, transferred to Polish Navy before commission in April, June 1941 and April, 1942.
Modernizations: 1942-1943, many: + type 271 radar
1943, Ślązak: + 1 x 1 - 40/39 2pdr QF Mk VIII
1943-1944, survived: - type 286/P radar; + type 291 radar
1944, Ślązak, Krakowiak: + 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV
Naval service: Kujawiak 16.6.1942 was lost near Malta on a mine.
Krakowiak
Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.
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