- ORP Żbik
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ORP Żbik next to the training sailship LwówCareer (Poland) 
Name: ORP Żbik Namesake: wildcat (in Polish) Laid down: 1927 Launched: 14.6.1930 Completed: 20.2.1932 Commissioned: 1932 Decommissioned: 1955 Fate: Scrapped, 1956 General characteristics Class and type: Wilk-class submarine Displacement: 980 tons (surfaced)
1,250 tons (submerged)Length: 78.5 m (257 ft 7 in) Beam: 5.9 m (19 ft 4 in) Draught: 4.2 m (13 ft 9 in) Propulsion: Diesel-Vickers diesel: 1,800 hp (1,300 kW)
electric engines: 1,200 hp (890 kW)Speed: 14.5 knots (26.9 km/h; 16.7 mph) surface
9.5 knots (17.6 km/h; 10.9 mph) submergedRange: 3,500 nautical miles (6,500 km; 4,000 mi) @ 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
100 nautical miles (190 km; 120 mi) @ 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) submergedComplement: 46–54 Armament: 1 × 100 mm (3.9 in) deck gun
2 × 13.2 mm (0.52 in) deck anti-aircraft heavy machine guns (mounted in place of 40 mm gun from 1935 onwards)
4 × 550 mm (22 in) torpedo tubes, bow
2 × 550 mm (22 in) (twin) rotating torpedo tubes, midship
16 × 550 mm (22 in) torpedoes (6 in tubes and 10 reloads)
40 × minesORP Żbik was a Wilk-class submarine which saw service in the Polish Navy from 1932 to 1955. Her name means "wildcat" in Polish.
Żbik was laid down in 1927 in Caen, launched in 1930, and entered service in 1932. When World War II began on 1 September 1939, she took part in the Worek Plan for the defense of the Polish coast. According to the plan she laid her mines, one of which sank a small (525 t) German minesweeper M-85 on 1 October. After suffering battle damage and shortages of fuel, the submarine withdrew to neutral Swedish waters and was interned on 25 September. After the war, she returned to Poland in October 1945 and served in the navy of the Polish People's Republic until 1955. She was scrapped in 1956.
Commanders
20.2.1932 - ?.12.1932 captain E. Plawski
?.12.1932 - ?.7.1938 captain H. Kloczkowski
?.7.1938 - 25.9.1939 lieutenant M. Zebrowski
External links
Categories:- Wilk class submarines
- World War II submarines of Poland
- 1930 ships
- Ships built in France
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