ORP Sokół (1940)
Sokół as seen in Malta, possibly in 1943 | |
| History | |
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| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Urchin |
| Builder | Vickers Armstrong, Barrow-in-Furness |
| Laid down | 9 December 1939 |
| Launched | 30 September 1940 |
| Identification | Pennant number: N97 |
| Fate | Transferred to Poland in January 1941 |
| Badge | |
| Poland | |
| Name | ORP Sokół |
| Commissioned | 19 January 1941 |
| Identification | Pennant number: N97 |
| Fate | Returned to Royal Navy 27 July 1945 |
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Urchin |
| Acquired | Transferred from Poland on 27 July 1945 |
| Recommissioned | 3 August 1946 |
| Decommissioned | December 1948 |
| Identification | Pennant number: N97 |
| Fate | Scrapped September 1949 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | U-class submarine |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 58.22 m (191.0 ft) |
| Beam | 4.9 m (16 ft) |
| Draught | 4.62 m (15.2 ft) |
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| Complement | 27-31 |
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ORP Sokół (Polish: Falcon) was a U-class submarine (formerly HMS Urchin) built by Vickers-Armstrong at Barrow-in-Furness. Shortly after launching in September 1940 she was to be commissioned by the Royal Navy as HMS Urchin, but instead was leased to the Polish Navy due to a lack of experienced submarine crews. A sister boat to Dzik, both boats operated in the Mediterranean from Malta, where they became known as the "Terrible Twins".