| Navy | The Polish Navy |
| Type | Escort destroyer |
| Class | Hunt (Type II) |
| Pennant | L 115 |
| Built by | J.S. White & Co. (Cowes, U.K.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 5 Dec 1939 |
| Launched | 4 Dec 1940 |
| Commissioned | 28 May 1941 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
| History | Ordered as HMS Silverton, but transferred to the Polish Navy before completion. Returned in September 1946. Scrapped at Grays in March 1959. |
| Former name | HMS Silverton |
Commands listed for ORP Krakowiak (L 115)
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| Commander | From | To | ||
| 1 | Kpt. mar. Tadeusz Gorazdowski, ORP | 28 May 1941 | 3 Apr 1942 | |
| 2 | Kpt. mar. Jan Tchorznicki, ORP | 22 May 1942 | 14 Jun 1943 | |
| 3 | Kmdr ppor. Wszechwlad Maracewicz, ORP | 14 Jun 1943 | 31 Oct 1944 | |
| 4 | Kpt. mar. Wlodzimierz Loskoczynski, ORP | 21 Nov 1944 | 6 Jan 1946 | |
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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.