ORP Krakowiak (L115)

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ORP Krakowiak (L115) in 1942
History
Poland
Name	ORP Krakowiak
Builder	J.S. White & Co. Cowes, United Kingdom
Laid down	5 December 1939
Launched	4 December 1940
Commissioned	28 May 1941
Decommissioned	1946
Fate	Scrapped in 1959
General characteristics
Class and type	Type II Hunt-class destroyer
Displacement	1,050 long tons (1,067 t) standard; 1,490 long tons (1,514 t) full load
Length	85.0 m (278 ft 10 in)
Beam	9.5 m (31 ft 2 in)
Draft	2.4 m (7 ft 10 in)
Speed	27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)
Armament	6 × 102 mm (4.0 in) universal Mk XVI guns 4 × 40 mm (1.6 in) Pom-Pom AA cannons 4 × Oerlikon 20 mm (0.79 in) AA cannons 2 × Lewis machine guns 2 × depth charge launchers 2 × Thornycroft depth charge mortars 110 depth charges

ORP Krakowiak was a British Type II Hunt-class destroyer escort, used by the Polish Navy during World War II. Initially built for the Royal Navy, it bore the name of HMS Silverton during British use.