ORP Wilk (1929)
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ORP Wilk was the lead boat of her class of mine-laying submarines of the Polish Navy. The ship saw service in the Polish Navy from 1931 to 1951. Her name meant "Wolf" in Polish.
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Name | ORP Wilk |
Namesake | wolf (in Polish) |
Builder | Chantiers et Ateliers Augustin Normand Le Havre, France |
Laid down | 1927 |
Launched | April 12, 1929 |
Commissioned | October 31, 1931 |
Decommissioned | April 2, 1942 to reserve submarine |
Decommissioned | 1953 |
Fate | Scrapped 1954 |
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Class and type | Wilk-class submarine |
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Length | 78.5 m (257 ft 7 in) |
Beam | 5.9 m (19 ft 4 in) |
Draught | 4.2 m (13 ft 9 in) |
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Complement | 46–54 |
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