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ORP Krakowiak (L 115)

Escort destroyer of the Hunt (Type II) class

NavyThe Polish Navy
TypeEscort destroyer
ClassHunt (Type II) 
PennantL 115 
Built byJ.S. White & Co. (Cowes, U.K.) 
Ordered 
Laid down5 Dec, 1939 
Launched4 Dec, 1940 
Commissioned28 May, 1941 
End service 
Loss position
 
HistoryOrdered as HMS Silverton, but transferred to the Polish Navy before completion.
Returned in September 1946.
Scrapped at Grays in March 1959. 
Former nameHMS Silverton

Noteable events involving Krakowiak include:

18 Dec, 1942
ORP Krakowiak picks up 55 survivors from the British merchant Bretwalda that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-563 about 330 nautical miles west-north-west of Cape Finisterre in position 44º35'N, 16º28'W.


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