.jpg/300px-ORP_Sokol_(N97).jpg) Polish U class submarine ORP Sokół as seen in Malta, possibly in 1943 |
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| Career (United Kingdom) |  |
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| Name: | HMS Urchin |
| Builder: | Vickers Armstrong, Barrow-in-Furness |
| Laid down: | 9 December 1939 |
| Launched: | September 30, 1940 |
| Recommissioned: | August 3, 1946 |
| Decommissioned: | December 1948 |
| Fate: | Scrapped September 1949 |
| Career |  |
| Name: | ORP Sokół |
| Commissioned: | January 19, 1941 |
| Decommissioned: | returned to Royal Navy July 27, 1945 |
| Fate: | scrapped 1949 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: |
Surfaced - 540 tons standard, 630 tons full load Submerged - 730 tons |
| Length: | 58. Malta, officially the Republic of Malta (Repubblika ta' Malta is a European Microstate, comprising an Archipelago of three islands Vickers-Armstrongs Limited was a British engineering conglomerate formed by the merger of the assets of Vickers Limited and Sir W G Armstrong Whitworth & Company in Barrow-in-Furness is an industrial town and Seaport in Cumbria, England. Events 536 - Byzantine General Belisarius enters Rome while the Ostrogothic garrison peacefully leaves the city Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1399 - Henry IV is proclaimed King of England. 1744 - France and Spain defeat the Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 8 - Roman Empire General Tiberius defeats Dalmatians on the river Bathinus. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1419 - Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England completing his reconquest of Normandy. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore known as the Senior Service) Events 1214 - Battle of Bouvines: In France, Philip II of France defeats John of England. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar 22 m (191 ft) |
| Beam: | 4. 90 m (16 ft 1 in) |
| Draught: | 4. 62 m (15 ft 2 in) |
| Propulsion: |
2 shaft diesel-electric |
| Speed: |
11. 25 knots (20. 8 km/h) max surfaced 10 knots (19 km/h) max submerged |
| Complement: | 27-31 |
| Armament: |
4 bow internal 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes - 8 - 10 torpedoes 1 - 3-inch (76 mm) gun |
| Motto: |  |
- For other ships of the Polish Navy named ORP Sokół see: ORP Sokół (disambiguation)
ORP Sokół (Falcon) was a U-class submarine (formerly HMS Urchin (N97)) built by Vickers-Armstrong at Barrow-in-Furness. Design and development These small submarines of around 630 tons were originally intended as unarmed training vessels to replace the ageing H class, to be used as A submarine is a Watercraft that can operate independently below water as distinct from a Submersible that has only limited underwater capability Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd (VSEL was a shipbuilding company based at Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria in northwest England that built Barrow-in-Furness is an industrial town and Seaport in Cumbria, England. Shortly after launching in September 1940 she was to be commissioned by the Royal Navy as HMS Urchin, but instead was leased to the Polish Navy due to a lack of experienced submarine crews. The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore known as the Senior Service) A sister boat to Dzik, both boats operated in the Mediterranean from Malta, where they became known as the Terrible Twins. For other ships of the Polish Navy named ORP Dzik see ORP Dzik (disambiguation Commanding officers Malta, officially the Republic of Malta (Repubblika ta' Malta is a European Microstate, comprising an Archipelago of three islands
Career
Shortly after her trials, the boat was handed to her Polish crew, in accordance with the Polish-British Military Alliance and amendments of November 18, 1939 and December 3, 1940. Events 326 - The old St Peter's Basilica is consecrated 1302 - Pope Boniface VIII issues the Papal bull Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1800 - War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Hohenlinden, French Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. On January 19, 1941 the Polish banner was raised and the boat, commanded by Cmdr. Events 1419 - Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England completing his reconquest of Normandy. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Borys Karnicki, was moved to Portsmouth. History See also History of Portsmouth There have been settlements in the area since before Roman times mostly being offshoots of Portchester, which There she spent half a year patrolling the Bay of Biscay off the French port of Brest. Cantabrian Sea redirects here Not to be confused with Biscay Bay Newfoundland and Labrador or Biscayne Bay. Brest (bʁɛst in French, in Breton) is a city in the Finistère department in Bretagne in northwestern France. In September she was moved to Malta, where she was attached to the 10th Submarine Flotilla. Malta, officially the Republic of Malta (Repubblika ta' Malta is a European Microstate, comprising an Archipelago of three islands She took part in the naval runs on the Italian ports of Taranto and Naples. Not to be confused with Toronto. Taranto ( Ancient Greek: Tarās; Modern Greek: Tarantas) is a coastal city in Naples ( Napoli, Neapolitan: Nàpule) is a historic City in southern Italy, the Capital of the She also escorted numerous convoys in the Mediterranean. On October 28 of that year, the ORP Sokół achieved her first victory by heavily damaging the Italian auxiliary cruiser Citta di Palermo. Events 306 - Maxentius is proclaimed Roman Emperor. 312 - Battle of Milvian Bridge: Constantine On November 2 in the Gulf of Naples she sank the 2,469 BRT transport ship Balilla, with her sister HMS Utmost. Events 1570 - A Tidal wave in the North Sea devastates the coast from Holland to Jutland, killing more than 1000 The Gulf of Naples is located in the south western coast of Italy ( Province of Naples, Campania region Career Utmost spent most of her career operating in the Mediterranean, where she sank the Italian merchants Capo Vita, Enrico Costa On November 19 of the same year, she forced the anti-submarine nets and entered the port of Navarino, where she damaged the Italian destroyer Aviere. Events 1095 - The Council of Clermont, called by Pope Urban II to discuss sending the First Crusade to the Holy Land She was attacked by Italian torpedo boats and destroyers, but all of the depth charges missed and the ORP Sokół managed to escape from the harbour, sinking an additional transport steamer (5,600 BRT) with three torpedoes. On February 12, 1942 she boarded and then sank the Italian wooden merchant schooner Giuseppina (362 BRT) in the Gulf of Gabes, one of the last sailing ships to be sunk during the war. Events 1429 - English Forces under Sir John Fastolf defend a supply convoy carrying rations to the army besieging Orleans from attack by the Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A schooner (ˈskuːnɚ is a type of sailing vessel characterized by the use of fore-and-aft sails on two or more masts Schooners were first used by the The Gulf of Gabès (خليج قابس called Minor Syrtis in ancient times is a gulf on Tunisia 's east Coast in the Mediterranean Sailing ship is now used to refer to any large Wind -powered Vessel.
On April 17, while in the port of Malta, she was heavily damaged by a German air raid and was forced to return to the shipyard in Blyth, to receive repairs. Events 69 - After the First Battle of Bedriacum, Vitellius becomes Roman Emperor. Blyth ( or spelling pronunciation) is a Town in southeast Northumberland, England. By mid-1943 she had returned to the Mediterranean, where she continued to harass enemy shipment off the coasts of Italy, Northern Africa and in the Adriatic. On September 12 she rammed and sank the fishing vessel Meattini (36 BRT). Events 1213 - Albigensian Crusade: Simon de Montfort 5th Earl of Leicester, defeats Peter II of Aragon at the She took part in the allied blockade of the naval bases in Naples and Pula. Naples ( Napoli, Neapolitan: Nàpule) is a historic City in southern Italy, the Capital of the Pula (Pietas Iulia Pulj Istriot Pula; Pola is the largest city in Istria County, Croatia, situated at the southern tip of the Istria Off the coast of the latter port, transferred by the Italians to Nazi Germany, ORP Sokół sunk a munitions transport (probably the 7,095 BRT SS Eridania) and three days afterwards on November 11 the Italian schooner Argentina (64 BRT). Nazi Germany and the Third Reich are the common English names for Germany under the regime of Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist German Workers Events 308 - The Congress of Carnuntum: Attempting to keep peace within the Roman Empire, the leaders of the Tetrarchy declare Between November 4, 1943 and February 25, 1944, she was operating in the Aegean from the naval base in Beirut. Events 1333 - Flood of the Arno River, causing massive damage in Florence as recorded by the Florentine chronicler Giovanni Villani Events 138 - The Emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius, effectively making him his successor Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Etymology In ancient times there were various explanations for the name Aegean. Beirut (بيروت Bayrūt) is the Capital and Largest city of Lebanon with a population of over 2 Among the ships sunk in that period were two transport ships, four schooners and one cutter. When used in a nautical sense a cutter is a small single-masted vessel Fore-and-aft rigged with two or more Headsails a Bowsprit, and In March of 1944 both of the Terrible Twins left Malta for Great Britain where they were attached to the Dundee-based 9th submarine flotilla. See also Kingdom of Great Britain Great Britain (Breatainn Mhòr Prydain Fawr Breten Veur Graet Breetain is the larger of the two main islands Dundee (Dùn Dèagh is the fourth-largest city in Scotland and fully named as Dundee City, one of Scotland's 32 local government council After an additional four patrols off the coast of Norway, in the spring of 1945 she was designated as a training ship and was used by the Royal Air Force for training naval bomber pilots. Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional She was returned to the Royal Navy on the 27 July 1945, where she served for a further four years before being scrapped. The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore known as the Senior Service) Events 1214 - Battle of Bouvines: In France, Philip II of France defeats John of England. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar
Altogether, during her wartime service the ORP Sokół sank or damaged 19 enemy vessels of ca. 55,000 BRT altogether. All of the commanding officers of the boat, (Lt. Cmdr. Borys Karnicki, Lt. Cmdr. Jerzy Koziołkowski and Cpt. Tadeusz Bernas) were awarded the Virtuti Militari. The Order Virtuti Militari ( Latin for "For Military Virtue" is Poland 's highest Military decoration for valor in the face of
References
- Submarines, War Beneath The Waves, From 1776 To The Present Day, by Robert Hutchinson
- Colledge, J. J. and Warlow, Ben (2006). James Joseph Colledge (born 1908 was a noted naval Historian, author of Ships of the Royal Navy, the standard work on the fighting ships of the British Ships of the Royal Navy: the complete record of all fighting ships of the Royal Navy, Rev. For a list of ships of the Royal Navy, see List of Royal Navy ships. ed. , London: Chatham. ISBN 9781861762818. OCLC 67375475. The OCLC Online Computer Library Center is according to its website a "nonprofit membership computer library service and research organization dedicated to the public purpose
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