ORP Krakowiak was a British Type II Hunt-class destroyer escort, used by the Polish Navy during World War II. Initially built for the Royal Navy, it bore...
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in 1941 ORP Piorun ("Thunderbolt") (N-class) - 1940 onwards Escort destroyers ORP Krakowiak ("Cracovian") (Hunt-class escort) - 1941 onwards ORP Kujawiak...
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List of World War II military equipment of Poland (section Aircraft in use by Polish Air Force in France (1939–1940))
Destroyers ORP Błyskawica ORP Grom ORP Burza ORP Wicher ORP Garland ORP Orkan ORP Huragan ORP Piorun Escort destroyers ORP Krakowiak ORP Kujawiak ORP Ślązak...
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that year on 23 October Kujawiak deployed with fellow Polish destroyer ORP Krakowiak for escort of inward Convoy SL89 during final stage of passage in Irish...
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Escort destroyers: ORP Krakowiak – Cracovian (British Hunt class) 1941–1946 ORP Kujawiak – Kujawian (British Hunt class) ORP Ślązak – Silesian (British...
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(1939) - 2 were used by the Polish Navy as ORP Kujawiak (L72) and ORP Krakowiak (L115) Hunt-class destroyer (1940) Q and R-class destroyer (1942) British...
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Andenes and Eglantine, while the Polish Navy provided the destroyers ORP Krakowiak and Kujawiak. The landing force was supplied by 223 men of No. 12 Commando...
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1920, scrapped in 1923. A64 was transferred to Poland 1921 becoming ORP Krakowiak. Stricken in October 1936 and scrapped. A65 was given to Brazil, and...
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cancelled for cost reasons. List of Operation Deadlight U-boats HMS Ferret (1940 shore establishment) Operation Regenbogen (U-boat) Scuttling of the German...
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minelaying E-Boats in the Thames Estuary with the Polish destroyer ORP Krakowiak. The continuation of the ship’s loan to the Royal Norwegian Navy was...
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the night of 10/11 November, destroyers HMS Petard, HMS Rockwood and ORP Krakowiak bombarded Kalymnos and HMS Faulknor bombarded Kos, where German forces...
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HMS Fury (H76) (section Force H, 1940–1941)
of 15/16 November she bombarded Leros with the destroyers Exmoor and ORP Krakowiak On 29 November, Fury helped to escort the recently torpedoed Birmingham...
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Gathering Storm: The Naval War in Northern Europe September 1939 - April 1940. Seaforth Publishing. p. 249. ISBN 978-1-84832-140-3. "Nordstrand". m.bentloewe...
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Seeing their problem, the captains of HMS Ursa and the Polish ship ORP Krakowiak approached the port, but were unable to open fire on the Flak ships...
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next foray was with the Hunt-class destroyers Rockwood and the Polish ORP Krakowiak. On 9 November her RDF picked up a vessel in the vicinity of Kalymnos...
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( Kriegsmarine) with the loss of one of her 56 crew. Survivors were rescued by ORP Krakowiak ( Polish Navy). City of Hankow United Kingdom The cargo ship was driven...
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the next day with the British destroyer Fury and the Polish destroyer ORP Krakowiak to deliver it to Leros, but aborted her voyage when the surrender of...
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1939. London: Chatham publishing. p. 517. ISBN 1-86176-023-X. "S Boote 1939/1940". german-navy.de. Retrieved 29 August 2022. Paterson, Lawrence (2015). Schnellboote:...
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