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SOKÓL submarines (1941 - 1942)


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

Ships


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)


Technical data


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 х 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, m60


Standard scale images


<i>Dzik</i> 1943
Dzik 1943


Graphics


<i>Sokól</i> <i>Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.</i>
Sokól Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.


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.



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