| Navy | The Polish Navy |
| Type | Escort destroyer |
| Class | Hunt (Type II) |
| Pennant | L 72 |
| Built by | Vickers Armstrong (Newcastle-on-Tyne, U.K.): Parsons |
| Ordered | 4 Sep 1939 |
| Laid down | 22 Nov 1939 |
| Launched | 30 Oct 1940 |
| Commissioned | 17 Jun 1941 |
| Lost | 16 Jun 1942 |
| History | Ordered as HMS Oakley. Loaned to the Polish Navy before completion on 30 May 1941. ORP Kujawiak (Kapitan Marynarki Ludwik Lichodziejewski, ORP) was mined and sunk off Malta (25 killed). |
| Former name | HMS Oakley (i) |
Commands listed for ORP Kujawiak (L 72)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Kpt. mar. Ludwik Lichodziejewski, ORP | 30 May 1941 | 16 Jun 1942 |
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Notable events involving Kujawiak include:
23 Jul 1941
HrMs O 14 (Lt.Cdr. G. Quint, RNN(R)) conducted A/S exercises at / off Scapa Flow with HMS Antelope (Lt.Cdr. R.B.N. Hicks, DSO, RN), ORP Kujawiak (Lt.Cdr. L. Lichodziejewski, ORP), HMS Davyk (Skr. C.A. Grimmer, RNR) and (the drifter) HMS Craigroy. (1)
Sources
- File 2.12.03.6387 (Dutch Archives, The Hague, Netherlands)