ORP Sęp
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 ORP Orzel 1939 |
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | November 1936 |
| Launched: | 17 October 1938 |
| Commissioned | 16 April 1939 |
| Decommissioned | 15 September 1969 |
| Fate | scrapped |
| Current position | {{{position}}} |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | |
| surfaced | 1,100 tons |
| submerged | 1,437 tons |
| Length | 84.00 m |
| Beam | 6.7 m |
| Draft | 4.2 m |
| Speed | |
| surfaced | 19.4 knots (35.9 km/h) |
| submerged | 9.0 knots (16.7 km/h) |
| Complement | 50-53 |
| Armament | 1x105mm 2x40mm AA guns 8x533mm torpedo tubes |
ORP Sęp was a Orzel-class submarine serving in the Polish Navy during World War II. Built at the Dutch shipyard De Schelde, she was laid down in November 1936, launched on 17 October 1938, and commissioned on 16 April 1939. In Polish her name means Vulture.
Sęp sailed into the naval port of Hel only a day before the war started. On 2 September she attacked a German destroyer to no avail. On 3 September she was attacked en route to Gotland Island, with some damage to the engines. She was attacked again on the 4th, sustaining additional damage to the engines. On 14 September, Sęp eventually reached Sweden and was interned.
On the 24 October 1945, Sęp was returned to the Polish Navy were she served as a training sub until she was decommissioned on 15 September 1969 and subsequently scrapped in 1972.
| Orzeł-class submarine |
| ORP Orzeł | ORP Sęp |
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