Dzik 1943
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
Sokól (ex-Urchin) | P59 - N97 | 765 | Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow, UK | 12.1939 | 30.9.1940 | 1.1941 | to UK 7.1946 (P97) |
Dzik (ex-P52) | P52 | 807 | 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 12pdr 12cwt QF Mk I/II/V Dzik: 4 - 533 TT (bow, 8 torpedoes or 6 M2 mines), 1 õ 1 - 76/45 20cwt QF Mk II |
Electronic equipment |
Sokól: type 286PW radar, type 129, type 138 sonars Dzik: type 291W radar, type 129, type 138 sonars |
Complement |
31 - 33 |
Diving depth operational, m | 60 |
Project history: British submarines of U class.
Modernizations: 1942 - 1944, Sokól: can carry 6 M2 mines instead of torpedoes, - 1 x 1 - 76/40, type 286PW radar; + 1 x 1 - 76/45 QF MkI HA, type 291W radar
Naval service: No significant events.
Sokól
Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.
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