ORP Kujawiak (L72)

	Kujawiak in 1942
History
United Kingdom
Name	Oakley
Builder	Vickers-Armstrongs, Tyne
Laid down	22 November 1939
Launched	30 October 1940
Fate	Transferred to Poland, 3 April 1941
Poland
Name	ORP Kujawiak
Commissioned	17 June 1941
Fate	Sunk by mine, 16 June 1942
General characteristics
Class & type	Type II Hunt-class destroyer
Displacement	1,050 long tons (1,070 t) (standard)
Length	280 ft (85.3 m)
Beam	31 ft 6 in (9.6 m)
Draught	17 ft 2 in (5.2 m)
Installed power	2 Admiralty three-drum boilers; 19,000 shp (14,000 kW);
Propulsion	2 shafts; geared steam turbines
Speed	27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)
Range	3,700 nmi (6,900 km; 4,300 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement	160
Armament	3 × twin 4 in (102 mm) DP guns; 1 × quadruple 2 pdr (40 mm (1.6 in)) AA guns; 2 to 4 20 mm (0.8 in) Oerlikon AA guns; 2 depth charge throwers ; 3 depth charge rails, 110 depth charges;

ORP Kujawiak was a British Type II Hunt-class destroyer escort, originally ordered as HMS Oakley.

Kujawiak was built by Vickers-Armstrongs at the company's High Walker yard on the River Tyne. Her keel was laid down on 22 November 1939 and she was launched on 30 October 1940 as HMS Oakley but on completion in June 1941 she was renamed and commissioned into the Polish Navy.

Kujawiak was sunk on 16 June 1942 after running into a German MT 14 minefield near Malta while participating in Operation Harpoon. 13 Polish sailors died and 20 were wounded.