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Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Jastrząb (ex-P551, ex-SS130 S25)	P551	854	Bethlehem, Quincy, USA	10.1918	29.5.1920	7.1923 // 11.1941	sunk 2.5.1942

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	680
Displacement normal, t	854 / 1062
Length, m	66.5
Breadth, m	6.10
Draught, m	4.60
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 diesels /  2 electric motors
Power, h. p.	1200 / 1500
Max speed, kts	14.5 / 10
Fuel, t	diesel oil 168
Endurance, nm(kts)	5000(10) /
Armament	1 x 1 - 102/50 Mk 9, 4 - 533 TT (bow, 12)
Electronic equipment	SD or SJ radar, SC, JK sonars
Complement	43
Diving depth operational, m	60

Project history

Ex-USN submarine, received by RN on lend-lease, in turn, 4.11.1941 transferred to Polish Navy.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

Jastrząb was erroneously sunk 2.5.1942 in the North Sea by British minesweeper Seagull and Norwegian destroyer St. Albans.

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.