ORP Kujawiak (1917)

History
German Empire
NameA 68
BuilderSchichau-Werke
Laid down11 April 1917
Launched13 June 1917
Second Polish Republic
NameORP Kujawiak
Launched17 September 1921
Decommissioned6 April 1939
Fatesunk in 1939, scrapped
General characteristics
Class and typetorpedo boat
Displacement
  • standard: 335 t (739,000 lb)
  • full: 392 t (864,000 lb)
Length60 m (196 ft 10 in)
Draft6.4 m (21 ft 0 in)
Propulsion2 Schichau-type turbines with a total power of 6,000 hp (4,500 kW), 2 Marine Kessel-type boilers with a pressure of 18.5 kgf/cm2, 2 three-bladed propellers with a diameter of 1.6 m
Speed26.5 kn (49.1 km/h; 30.5 mph)
Range800 nmi (1,500 km; 920 mi)
Complement(from 1937, 40 people) 62 people: 2 officers, 60 non-commissioned officers and sailors
Armament
  • (1939) 1 French 75 mm field gun
  • 2 MG 08 of 7.92 mm caliber

ORP Kujawiak was a Polish A 56 type [pl] torpedo boat, served from 1921 to 1939; formerly the German A 68 from World War I, one of the first ships of the Polish Navy. The vessel was acquired by the navy from the division of Imperial German Navy ships after the end of the war. Struggling with technical issues, the unit served as a training ship from 1929, and then as an auxiliary ship, and was removed from the fleet list shortly before the outbreak of the war. During the Invasion of Poland, it served as a floating reserve oil tank, was sunk by aircraft, and subsequently scrapped.