ORP Sęp

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**ORP Sęp**
Career
ORP Orzel 1939
Ordered
Laid down	November 1936
Launched:	17 October 1938
Commissioned	16 April 1939
Decommissioned	15 September 1969
Fate	scrapped
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General characteristics
Displacement:
surfaced	1,100 tons
submerged	1,437 tons
Length	84.00 m
Beam	6.7 m
Draft	4.2 m
Speed
surfaced	19.4 knots (35.9 km/h)
submerged	9.0 knots (16.7 km/h)
Complement	50-53
Armament	1x105mm 2x40mm AA guns 8x533mm torpedo tubes

ORP Sęp was a Orzel-class submarine serving in the Polish Navy during World War II. Built at the Dutch shipyard Rotterdamse Droogdok Maatschappij, she was laid down in November 1936, launched on 17 October 1938, and commissioned on 16 April 1939. In Polish her name means Vulture.

Sęp sailed into the naval port of Hel only a day before the war started. On 2 September she attacked a German destroyer to no avail. On 3 September she was attacked en route to Gotland Island, with some damage to the engines. She was attacked again on the 4th, sustaining additional damage to the engines. By then she also started taking on water, making the submarine "heavy" and very difficult to manoeuver. The original plan to go to England was now deemed to be impossible and the decision was taken to proceed to neutral Sweden. On 14 September, Sęp eventually reached Sweden and was interned.

On the 24 October 1945, Sęp was returned to the Polish Navy were she served as a training sub until she was decommissioned on 15 September 1969 and subsequently scrapped in 1972.

Orzeł-class submarine

ORP Orzeł | ORP Sęp

List of ships of the Polish Navy