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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, m	60

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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.