ORP Krakowiak

Pekne kiʻi o Krakowiak i ke kaua.

Ma ka lā 20 o ʻApelila, 1941, ua hoʻolimalima ka Navy Polani i ka mea hoʻopau kaua Pelekāne mua ʻo Hunt II, kūpono loa e launa pū me nā moku nui, i manaʻo nui ʻia e uhi i nā convoy kahakai mai ke kahakai o ʻEnelani.

E like me ka ʻaelike moana e pili ana i ka hui Polish-British o Nowemapa 18, 1939 a me ka protocol huna hou o Dekemaba 3, 1940, nā moku āpau o ka Navy Polish (PMW) ma Great Britain - nā mea luku ʻo Błyskawica i Burza, ka submarine Wilk a me ʻO ka poʻe hahai kiʻi pū C -1 a me C-2, ua hana ʻia ma lalo o ka Adimarala Pelekane. Ma kekahiʻaoʻao,ʻo nā moku mua i hoʻolimalimaʻia i nā'auwaʻa Allied ma lalo o ka hae Polani (ʻo nā mea lukuʻo Garland, Piorun a me Hurricane a me ka mea hoʻokele puʻupuʻu S-3) he koho maikaʻi ia no ka poʻe Pelekania. Ua manaʻo ka ʻAmiralty i ka hemahema o kāna mau ʻauwaʻa i aʻo ʻia. Ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe, ua loaʻa i ka Royal Navy Command (KMW) ma Lākana he koena o nā luna a me nā luina e kali ana i ka hoʻonoho ʻana i nā moku kaua.

ʻO ka mea hahai holoholona mua ma lalo o ka hae Polani

Ua kauoha ʻia ke kūkulu ʻia ʻana o ka mea luku escort HMS Silverton, i hoʻomaka i ka lā 5 o Dekemaba 1939, iā John Samuel White & Company ma Cowes, Isle of Wight, ma ka pā moku e kūkulu ana iā Groma a me Błyskawica. Ma ka lā 4 o Dekemaba, 1940, ua hoʻomaka ʻia ka hoʻonohonoho. Ua hoʻomau ka hana ʻana i nā lako i nā mahina aʻe. Ma Mei 20, 1941, ua loaʻa i ka ex-British escort ka inoa kūhelu ORP Krakowiak a me ka hōʻailona tactical L 115 (ʻike ʻia ma nā ʻaoʻao ʻelua a ma ka transom). Ma ka lā 22 o Mei, ua mālama ʻia kahi hana hoʻokiʻekiʻe i ka hae keʻokeʻo a ʻulaʻula ma luna o ka moku, a ua hoʻoholo ke aupuni Polani ma Lākana e uku i nā koina a pau e pili ana i kāna mālama ʻana, hana hou, hoʻoponopono, hoʻololi i nā mea hana, a pēlā aku. Mawaena o na malihini i kono ia: Vadm. ʻO Jerzy Svirsky, ke poʻo o KMW, nā ʻelele o ka Admiralty a me nā moku moku. ʻO ka luna mua o ka moku, he 34 makahiki kona mau makahiki. Tadeusz Gorazdovsky.

Ma Iune 10, ua lele ʻo Krakowiak mai Plymouth a i Scapa Flow no ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa paʻakikī. ʻO ka pahuhopu nui o ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i nā pule he nui ka hana ʻana i kahi moku hou.

me ka Royal Navy. Ua hoʻomau ʻia nā hoʻomaʻamaʻa a hiki i Iulai 10. ʻAʻole i hūnā ʻo Rear Admiral Louis Henry Keppel Hamilton, ka luna o ka poʻe luku o ka Home Fleet (ke kuleana no ka pale ʻana i nā wai ʻāina o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa), i kona mahalo i ka poʻe holo moku o Krakowiak i hana i ka hana. Ma Iulai 17, 1941, ua hoʻokomo ʻia ka moku i loko o ka 15th destroyer flotilla.

Ua bapetizo ʻia ka poʻe holo moku o ka poʻe Polish i ke ahi i ka wā e alakaʻi ana i ka huakaʻi kahakai PW 27 mai ka mokupuni liʻiliʻi ʻo Lundy, aia ma kahi o 15 mau mile nautika ma ke komohana o ke kapakai ʻEnelani, ma ka wai o Bristol Channel. Ma ka po o ka la 31 o Augate a hiki i ka la 1 o Sepatemaba 1941, ua hooukaia kekahi hui o na moku lawe lawe 9, i alakaiia e Krakowiak a me ekolu mau moku hookaa kaua Beritania, e kekahi mokukaua Heinkel He 115. Ua ukali ʻia kahi ʻano o nā tracers mai kahi pū mīkini 21 mm Lewis ma ke kuhikuhi i hōʻike ʻia e ka mea nānā. Aneane i ka manawa like, hui pū nā poʻe pū i ke ahi, e lawelawe ana i nā "pom-poms", ʻo ia hoʻi, nā pū anti-aircraft. 00 mm kaliber a me ʻekolu māhoe 7,7 mm mau ʻāpana pū. ʻOiai ke ahi nui mai ka ʻaoʻao o ka poʻe ukali, ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻoiho i ke kaʻa.

Ma ka lā 11 o Kepakemapa, 1941, ma ke kauoha a ke Aliʻi o KMW, ua hui pū ʻo Krakowiak i ka 2nd Destroyer Squadron (Polish) hou i hoʻokumu ʻia ma Plymouth, a hoʻomaka e alakaʻi mau i nā convoy ma nā kahakai hema a me ke komohana o Great Britain.

Ma ka pō o ʻOkakopa 21, ua kauoha ʻia ʻo Krakowiak, i hele i Falmouth, a me kona kaikuahine ʻo Kuyawiak (Kapena Mar. Ludwik Likhodzeevsky), ʻo lākou kekahi o ka poʻe ukali mai Falmouth a Milford Haven (Wales), ua kauoha ʻia e komo i ka ʻimi ʻana i kahi unidentified submarine, ka mea, e like me nā hōʻike i loaʻa mai ka Admiralty, aia ma kahi o kahi me nā koina 49 ° 52′ s. sh., 12° 02′ W e. Ua hiki mai na moku luku ma kahi i hoikeia ma ka la 22 o Okatoba i ka hora 14:45. ʻAʻole i hoʻokumu ʻia ke kūlana o ka submarine.

He mau hola ma hope mai, ua kauoha ʻia ʻo Gorazdowski e ʻimi a lawe i ke alakaʻi o ka uhi no ka hui Atlantika SL 89, i haʻalele iā Freetown, Sierra Leone no Liverpool i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ʻOkakopa. Ma ka hora 23:07 o ka la 00 o Okatoba, ua halawai me elua mau mokukaua Pelekania Witch a me Vanguisher. Ma ka hola 12:00, ʻike nā moku i 21 mau kaʻa a me kahi uhi haʻahaʻa, a ma ke kauoha a ka Western Approach Command (Western Operational Area, headquartered in Liverpool)

hele pu me lakou ma ke kapa komohana o Irelani. Okatoba 24, oiai na moku luku Polani elua ma 52°53,8° N, 13°14′ W, mawaho o ka wahi i hooweliweli ia e ka hoouka kaua o ka waapa U.

a ua kauoha ʻia ka pūʻali ea e hoʻi - hele ʻo Kujawiak i Plymouth a me Krakowiak i Milford Haven. Ma ka la 26 o Okatoba, ua hiki aku ka convoy SL 89 i kona awa e hele ai me ka poho ole.