ORP Wilk (1929)

History
Poland
Name	ORP Wilk
Namesake	wolf (in Polish)
Builder	Chantiers et Ateliers Augustin Normand Le Havre, France
Laid down	1927
Launched	April 12, 1929
Commissioned	October 31, 1931
Decommissioned	April 2, 1942 to reserve submarine
Decommissioned	1953
Fate	Scrapped 1954
General characteristics
Class & 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) submerged;
Range	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) submerged;
Complement	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; 10 × 550 mm (22 in) torpedoes (6 in tubes and 4 reloads); 40 × mines;

ORP Wilk was the lead boat of her class of mine-laying submarines of the Polish Navy. The ship saw service in the Polish Navy from 1931 to 1951. Her name meant "Wolf" in Polish.