ORP Orzeł was an Orzeł class submarine of the Polish Navy that served during World War II. Orzeł under construction at the Dutch shipyards in Vlissingen. Orzeł was laid down 14 August 1936 at the Dutch shipyard De Schelde, as Job No. 205; launched on 15 January 1938, [1] and commissioned on 2 February 1939.

ORP Orzeł – polski torpedowy okręt podwodny, pierwsza jednostka typu Orzeł, zwodowany 15 stycznia 1938 roku w holenderskiej stoczni De Schelde (inne języki) we Vlissingen.

The Orzeł incident [1] occurred at the beginning of World War II in September 1939, when the interned Polish submarine ORP Orzeł escaped from Tallinn, in neutral Estonia, to the United Kingdom. Joseph Stalin 's Soviet Union used the incident as one of the pretexts to justify its eventual military invasion and occupation of Estonia in June 1940.

ORP Orzeł (291) – okręt podwodny trzeciej generacji, projektu 877E (typu Pałtus, NATO: Kilo) należący do polskiej Marynarki Wojennej, zaprojektowany w radzieckim biurze konstrukcyjnym CKB-18 zbudowany w stoczni Krasnoje Sormowo w Gorki.

ORP Orzeł (291) is a Polish Navy 'Project 877E' (Kilo-class) submarine. She is the third Polish submarine to bear the name Orzeł (Eagle). The boat was built by the Shipyard Krasnoe Sormovo in Gorky [1] and was commissioned on 29 April 1986 at Riga. On 13 June of the same year Orzeł was transferred to Gdynia where she was named on 21 June.

Apr 4, 2022 · The ORP Orzeł was a Polish submarine put into service around the start of WWII. Following its docking in Estonia, it made a nighttime escape.

ORP Orzeł was the lead ship of her class of submarines serving in the Polish Navy during World War II. Her name means Eagle in Polish. The boat is best known for the Orzeł incident, her escape from internment in neutral Estonia during the early stages of the Second World War.

ORP „Orzeł” był dużym, ponad osiemdziesięciometrowym okrętem, uzbrojonym w dwanaście wyrzutni torpedowych, a także w armatę morską kalibru 105 milimetrów, podwójne działo przeciwlotnicze kalibru 40 milimetrów i podwójny przeciwlotniczy …

Apr 8, 2025 · When Germany invaded Poland, triggering World War II, the vastly outmatched Polish military fought valiantly to resist. Among their last hopes were a few submarines, including the resolute ORP...

‘SANTI Odnalezc Orla’ is a long-term project, which aims to discover the wreck of the most famous submarine of the Republic of Poland - ORP “Orzel”