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Dzik

ORP Dzik

Survived

Polish Navy, then Royal Navy

TypeSubmarine
ClassU
WarSecond World War
Main guns1 × 3″ gun

Service

1942–1946Dzik

Lent to the Polish Navy while building as HMS P52

from 1946P52

U-class submarine lent while building as HMS P52. Sank Axis shipping in the Mediterranean with Sokół, and in 1944 worked off Corsica and in the Aegean. Returned in 1946 and lent to Denmark until 1957.

Polish submarine DZIK, originally British U class submarine P-52, underway in coastal waters. Photo: Royal Navy official photographer, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 4 bow internal 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes - 8 - 10 torpedoes
  • 1 - 3-inch (76 mm) gun
BuilderVickers Armstrong, Barrow-in-Furness
Laid down30 December 1941
Launched11 October 1942
Commissioned16 December 1942
DisplacementSurfaced - 540 tons standard, 630 tons full load Submerged - 730 tons
Length58.22 m (191 ft)
Speed11.25 knots max surfaced 10 knots (20 km/h) max submerged
Complement37

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

She isn't listed in any of the fleet actions covered here.

Launched

11 October 1942

Renamed HMS P52

1946

Fate

Survived

Returned to UK 1957