ORP Sokol (Falcon) U-class polish navy submarine
1/400 military scale plastic model kit
Mirage 40428
Manufacturer: Mirage Hobby (Poland)
Scale: 1/400
Material: Plastic
Paint: Unpainted, Unassembled, Kit do not contain paints and glue.
Condition: New in Box
ORP Sokół (Falcon) was a U-class submarine (formerly HMS Urchin (N97)) 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.
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Polish U class submarine ORP Sokół as seen in Malta, possibly in |
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| Career (United Kingdom) |
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|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Urchin |
| Builder: | Vickers Armstrong, Barrow-in-Furness |
| Laid down: | 9 December 1939 |
| Launched: | September 30, 1940 |
| Recommissioned: | August 3, 1946 |
| Decommissioned: | December 1948 |
| Fate: | Scrapped September 1949 |
| Career |
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| Name: | ORP Sokół |
| Commissioned: | January 19, 1941 |
| Decommissioned: | returned to Royal Navy July 27, 1945 |
| Fate: | scrapped 1949 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: |
Surfaced - 540 tons standard, 630 tons full load Submerged - 730 tons |
| Length: | 58.22 m (191 ft) |
| Beam: | 4.90 m (16 ft 1 in) |
| Draught: | 4.62 m (15 ft 2 in) |
| Propulsion: |
2 shaft diesel-electric |
| Speed: |
11.25 knots (20.8 km/h) max surfaced 10 knots (19 km/h) max submerged |
| Complement: | 27-31 |
| Armament: |
4 bow internal 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes - 8 - 10 torpedoes 1 - 3-inch (76 mm) gun |
| Motto: |
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- Stock: Out Of Stock
- Model: MIRAGE40428
- DATE ADDED: 05/07/2009
