ORP Krakowiak
Survived
Polish Navy, then Royal Navy
| Type | Destroyer |
|---|---|
| Class | Hunt (Type II) |
| War | Second World War |
| Main guns | 6 × 4″ guns in 3 twin mounts |
Service
| 1941–1946 | Krakowiak Lent to the Polish Navy while building as HMS Silverton | |
| from 1946 | Silverton |
Hunt-class escort destroyer laid down as HMS Silverton and commissioned by the Poles in 1941. Fought in the Channel, escorted Malta convoys and supported the landings in Sicily and Normandy. Returned in 1946.
Armament and specifications
Armament
- 3 × twin 102 mm (4.0 in) universal Mk XVI guns
- 1 × quadruple 2 pdr (40 mm (1.6 in)) AA guns
- 4 × 20 mm (0.8 in) Oerlikon AA guns
- 2 × Lewis machine guns
- 2 × depth charge launchers
- 2 × Thornycroft depth charge mortars
- 110 depth charges
| Builder | J.S. White, Cowes |
|---|---|
| Laid down | 5 December 1939 |
| Launched | 4 December 1940 |
| Commissioned | 28 May 1941 |
| Displacement | 1,050 long tons (1,070 t) (standard) |
| Length | 85.0 m (278 ft 10 in) |
| Speed | 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph) |
As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.
Career
Launched
4 December 1940
Sinking of Komet
Survived
14 October 1942
Normandy landings
Survived
6 June 1944
Off Sword
Renamed HMS Silverton
1946
Fate
Survived
Scrapped, 1959