- ORP Kujawiak (L72)
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Career (UK) 
Name: HMS Oakley Laid down: 22 November 1939 Launched: 30 October 1940 Career (Poland) 
Name: ORP Kujawiak Commissioned: June, 1941 Fate: sunk by mine on 16 June 1942, near Malta General characteristics Displacement: 1050 tons standard, 1490 tons full load Length: 85 m Beam: 9.5 m Draught: 2.4 m Speed: 27 knots (50 km/h) Range: 2,500 nautical miles (4,600 km) at 20 knots (40 km/h)
3,700 nautical miles (6,900 km) at 14 knots (26 km/h)Complement: 160 Armament: 6 102 mm guns ( 3 twin turrets)
4 40 mm Anti Aircraft cannons
2 to 4 20 mm Anti Aircraft cannons
6 Depth charge throwersNotes: powered by 2 shaft steam turbines 19,000 hp (14,200 kW) The ORP Kujawiak was a British Hunt-class destroyer escort, formerly named the HMS Oakley. It was laid down on 22 November 1939 and launched on 30 October 1940. It was commissioned to the Polish Navy in June 1941. The destroyer was sunk on 16 June 1942 after running into a mine near Malta while participating in Operation Harpoon. 13 Polish sailors died and 20 were wounded.
Commanding officers
- Komandor podporucznik Ludwik Lichodziejewski
Coordinates: 35°53′N 14°35′E / 35.883°N 14.583°E
Hunt-class destroyer Type I 
Royal Navy
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