View source for Wilk-class submarine

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|Ship image   = ORP Wilk Morze1937-7.jpg
|Ship caption = ORP Wilk in 1937
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{{Infobox ship class overview
|Name                  = ''Wilk''
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|In commission range   = 12 April 1929 - 1955
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|Total ships completed = 3
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|Total ships lost      = 0
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{{Infobox ship characteristics
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|Header caption= (at 1 September 1939)
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|Ship type=submarine
|Ship tonnage=
|Ship displacement=*980 tons (surfaced)
*1,250 tons (submerged)
|Ship length={{convert|78.5|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}
|Ship beam={{convert|5.9|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}
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|Ship draught={{convert|4.2|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}
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|Ship propulsion=*Diesel-[[Vickers]] [[diesel engine|diesel]]: {{convert|1800|hp|lk=in|abbr=on}}
*[[electric engine]]s: {{convert|1200|hp|abbr=on}}
|Ship speed=*{{convert|14.5|kn|lk=in}} surface
*{{convert|9.5|knot}} submerged
|Ship range=*{{convert|3500|nmi|lk=in}} @ {{convert|10|knot}}
*{{convert|100|nmi}} @ {{convert|5|knot}} submerged
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|Ship complement=46–54
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|Ship armament=*1 × {{convert|100|mm|in|abbr=on}} deck gun
*2 × {{convert|13.2|mm|in|abbr=on}} deck anti-aircraft [[heavy machine gun]]s (mounted in place of 40 mm gun from 1935 onwards)
*4 × {{convert|550|mm|in|abbr=on}} [[torpedo]] tubes, bow
*2 × {{convert|550|mm|in|abbr=on}} (twin) rotating torpedo tubes, midship
*16 × {{convert|550|mm|in|abbr=on}} torpedoes (6 in tubes and 10 reloads)
*40 × [[naval mine|mines]]
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|Ship notes=*Ships in class include:
* [[ORP Wilk (1929)|ORP ''Wilk'']]
* [[ORP Ryś (1929)|ORP ''Ryś'']]
* [[ORP Żbik (1930)|ORP ''Żbik'']]

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'''''Wilk''-class submarines''' of the [[Polish Navy]] included three boats: {{ORP|Wilk|1929|6}}, {{ORP|Ryś|1929|6}} and {{ORP|Żbik|1930|6}}.  They served from 1931 until 1955. The boats were built in [[France]]. During [[World War II]], one escaped to Britain and two were interned in Sweden.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Haarr|first1=Geirr|title=The Gathering Storm: The Naval War in Northern Europe September 1939 - April 1940|date=Sep 24, 2013|publisher=Seaforth Publishing|isbn=978-1473831315|page=469|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ft47BAAAQBAJ&q=wilk+class+submarines&pg=PA469|accessdate=31 August 2017}}</ref>

The class design was based on that of the [[French Navy|French]] submarine {{ship|French submarine|Pierre Chailley||2}}, which had been laid down in 1917 and was in service from 1923 to 1936. Running with [[diesel engine]]s, they all possessed [[Naval mine|mine-laying]] capabilities. They had a top speed of {{convert|14.5|kn|lk=in}} surfaced, and {{convert|9.5|kn}} submerged.

==Boats in class==
There were three boats in the ''Wilk'' class.
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+ List of ''Wilk''-class submarines
|-
! scope="col" | Name
! scope="col" | Builder
! scope="col" | Launched
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Fate<ref>Conway p.350</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | [[ORP Wilk (1929)|''Wilk'']] ('wolf')
| [[Chantiers et Ateliers Augustin Normand|Normand]], Le Havre || 12 April 1929 || In reserve 1942, scrapped 1951
|-
! scope="row" | [[ORP Ryś (1929)|''Ryś'']] ('lynx')
| [[Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire|ACL]], Nantes || 22 April 1929 || Interned Sept. 1939, scrapped 1954
|-
! scope="row" | [[ORP Żbik (1930)|''Żbik'']] ('wildcat')
| [[Chantiers Navals Français|CNF]], Caen || 14 June 1931 || Interned Sept. 1939, scrapped 1954
|-
|}

==Citations==
{{Reflist}}

==References==
*{{cite book|editor-last1=Gardiner|editor-first1=Robert|editor-last2=Chesneau|editor-first2=Roger|title=Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946|year=1980|publisher=Conway Maritime Press|location=London|isbn=0-85177-146-7}}

==External links==
*[http://www.militarium.net/marynarka_wojenna/wilk.php Class description and ship histories] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011110807/http://militarium.net/marynarka_wojenna/wilk.php |date=2007-10-11 }} {{in lang|pl}}
* [https://uboat.net/allies/warships/class/231.html ''Wilk'' class at uboat.net]

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{{WWII Polish ships}}

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