ORP Ryś (1929)

ORP Ryś
History
Poland
NameORP Ryś
Namesakelynx (in Polish)
Laid down1927
Launched22 April 1929
Commissioned1932
Decommissioned1955
FateScrapped, 1956
General characteristics
Class & typeWilk-class submarine
Displacement
  • 980 tons (surfaced)
  • 1,250 tons (submerged)
Length78.5 m (257 ft 7 in)
Beam5.9 m (19 ft 4 in)
Draught4.2 m (13 ft 9 in)
Propulsion
  • Diesel-Vickers diesel: 1,800 hp (1,300 kW)
  • electric engines: 1,200 hp (890 kW)
Speed
  • 14.5 knots (26.9 km/h; 16.7 mph) surface
  • 9.5 knots (17.6 km/h; 10.9 mph) submerged
Range
  • 3,500 nautical miles (6,500 km; 4,000 mi) @ 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
  • 100 nautical miles (190 km; 120 mi) @ 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) submerged
Complement46–54
Armament
  • 1 × 100 mm (3.9 in) deck gun
  • 2 × 13.2 mm (0.52 in) deck anti-aircraft heavy machine guns (mounted in place of 40 mm gun from 1935 onwards)
  • 4 × 550 mm (22 in) torpedo tubes, bow
  • 2 × 550 mm (22 in) (twin) rotating torpedo tubes, midship
  • 16 × 550 mm (22 in) torpedoes (6 in tubes and 10 reloads)
  • 40 × mines

ORP Ryś was a Wilk-class submarine which saw service in the Polish Navy from 1931 to 1955. Her name means Lynx in Polish.

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