| Navy | The Polish Navy |
| Type | Escort destroyer |
| Class | Hunt (Type II) |
| Pennant | L 26 |
| Built by | Hawthorn Leslie & Co. (Hebburn-on-Tyne, U.K.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 25 May 1940 |
| Launched | 23 Jul 1941 |
| Commissioned | 9 May 1942 |
| End service | 28 Sep 1946 |
| Loss position | |
| History | Loaned to the Polish Navy as ORP Slazak on 30 April, 1942. She was returned to the Royal Navy on 28 Sept, 1946. |
| Former name | HMS Bedale |
Commands listed for ORP Slazak (L 26)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Kmdr ppor. Romuald Nalecz-Tyminski, ORP | 30 Apr 1942 | 27 Oct 1942 |
| 2 | Kmdr ppor. Bohdan Wronski, ORP | 27 Oct 1942 | 18 Apr 1943 |
| 3 | Kmdr ppor. Romuald Nalecz-Tyminski, ORP | 18 Apr 1943 | 13 Sep 1944 |
| 4 | Kmdr ppor. Bohdan Wronski, ORP | 13 Sep 1944 | 17 Apr 1945 |
| 5 | Kpt. mar. Waclaw Fara, ORP | 17 Apr 1945 | 28 Sep 1946 |
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Noteable events involving Slazak include:
19 Aug 1942
ORP Slazak participated in the Dieppe Raid, bombarding numerous German shore artillery units, repulsing 30 air attacks and shoting down four Luftwaffe airplanes. For the action in Dieppe Raid, the commandor of ORP Slazak, Lt.Cmdr. Romuald Tyminski received the Distinguished Service Cross.
13 Oct 1942
RAF Wireless Operator Bill Wright, DFC and other crewmen were rescued from the Atlantic after spending 3 days adrift in a dinghy when their aircraft had ditched after engine failure.