ORP Krakowiak
Abubuwa
Hoton Pekne na Krakowiak a lokacin yakin.
A ranar 20 ga Afrilu, 1941, Rundunar Sojan Ruwa ta Poland ta ba da hayar jirgin ruwa na farko na Birtaniya Hunt II, wanda ya dace da mu'amala da manyan jiragen ruwa, da farko an tsara shi don rufe ayarin motocin bakin teku a gabar tekun Ingila.
A daidai da yarjejeniyar sojan ruwa a kan hadin gwiwar Poland-British na Nuwamba 18, 1939 da kuma ƙarin sirri yarjejeniya na Disamba 3, 1940, duk jiragen ruwa na Yaren mutanen Poland Navy (PMW) a cikin Birtaniya - halakar Błyskawica i Burza, submarine Wilk da manyan bindigogi. C-1 da S-2, sun kasance suna ƙarƙashin ikon Admiralty na Biritaniya. A gefe guda kuma, jiragen ruwa na farko da aka yi hayar ga jiragen ruwa na Allied a ƙarƙashin tutar Poland (masu halakar Garland, Piorun da Hurricane da S-3 artillery speeder) sun kasance kyakkyawan zabi ga Birtaniya. Admiralty ya ji karancin kwararrun ma'aikatansa. A gefe guda kuma, Rundunar Sojan Ruwa (KMW) a Landan ta sami rarar jami'ai da ma'aikatan ruwa da ke jiran a tura su jiragen ruwan yaki.
Mafarauci na farko a ƙarƙashin tutar Poland
Ginin mai lalata HMS Silverton, wanda ya fara a ranar 5 ga Disamba 1939, an ba shi izini ga John Samuel White & Kamfanin da ke Cowes, Isle of Wight, a filin jirgin ruwa guda wanda ke gina Groma da Błyskawica. A ranar 4 ga Disamba, 1940, an ƙaddamar da shigarwa. Ayyukan kayan aiki sun ci gaba a cikin watanni masu zuwa. A ranar 20 ga Mayu, 1941, tsohon ɗan rakiya na Burtaniya ya karɓi sunan hukuma ORP Krakowiak da alamar dabara L 115 (wanda ake iya gani a ɓangarorin biyu da kuma kan transom). A ranar 22 ga watan Mayu ne aka yi bikin daga tuta mai launin fari da ja a kan jirgin, kuma gwamnatin kasar Poland a Landan ta dauki nauyin biyan duk wasu kudade da suka shafi kula da shi, sabunta shi, gyaransa, canjin kayan aiki, da dai sauransu. Daga cikin bakin da aka gayyata akwai: Vadm. Jerzy Svirsky, shugaban KMW, wakilan Admiralty da shipyards. Kwamandan na farko na jirgin shi ne Laftanar kwamanda mai shekaru 34. Tadeusz Gorazdovsky.
A ranar 10 ga Yuni, Krakowiak ya tashi daga Plymouth zuwa Scapa Flow don horo mai ban tsoro. Babban makasudin horon na tsawon makonni shi ne kaddamar da wani sabon jirgin ruwa da aka kammala.
tare da Royal Navy. An ci gaba da atisayen har zuwa ranar 10 ga watan Yuli. Rear Admiral Louis Henry Keppel Hamilton, kwamandan rugujewar Home Fleet (mai alhakin tsaron yankunan ruwa na United Kingdom), bai boye sha'awar da ma'aikatan na Krakowiak, wanda ya yi aiki a aikace. Ranar 17 ga Yuli, 1941, an haɗa jirgin a cikin jirgin ruwa na 15th mai lalata.
Ma'aikatan rakiyar 'yan Poland sun yi baftisma da wuta yayin da suke rakiyar ayarin motocin PW 27 da ke bakin teku daga wani karamin tsibirin Lundy, mai nisan mil 15 daga yammacin gabar tekun Ingila, a cikin ruwa na tashar Bristol. A daren 31 ga Agusta zuwa 1 ga Satumba 1941, wani ayarin jiragen ruwa na sufuri 9, tare da rakiyar Krakowiak da wasu jiragen ruwa na Burtaniya uku dauke da makami, wani jirgin ruwa na Heinkel He 115 na Jamus ya kai hari. An sanar da kararrawa a cikin jiragen. Jerin abubuwan ganowa daga bindigar Lewis mai tsawon mm 21 sun bi ta hanyar da mai kallo ya nuna. Kusan a lokaci guda, 'yan bindigar suka shiga cikin wuta, suna ba da "pom-poms" masu ganga hudu, wato bindigogin kakkabo jiragen. 00 mm caliber da duk tagwayen bindigogi 7,7 mm guda uku. Duk da mummunar gobarar da ta tashi daga gefen 'yan rakiya, ba a samu damar sauko da motar ba.
A ranar 11 ga Satumba, 1941, bisa ga umarnin shugaban KMW, Krakowiak ya shiga cikin sabuwar ƙungiyar masu lalata ta 2 (Polish), wadda ke Plymouth, kuma ya fara rakiya akai-akai a kan ayarin kudanci da yammacin tekun Burtaniya.
A daren 21 ga Oktoba, Krakowiak, wanda aka kafa a Falmouth, da 'yar'uwarta Kuyawiak (Kyaftin Mar. Ludwik Likhodzeevsky), wadanda ke cikin masu rakiya daga Falmouth zuwa Milford Haven (Wales), an umurce su da su shiga cikin aikin. wani jirgin ruwa da ba a tantance ba, wanda, bisa ga rahotannin da aka samu daga Admiralty, yana kusa da wurin tare da daidaitawa 49 ° 52′s. sh., 12°02′ W e. Masu halaka sun isa wurin da aka nuna a ranar 22 ga Oktoba a 14:45. Ba a kafa matsayin jirgin karkashin ruwa ba.
Sa'o'i kadan bayan haka, an umurci Gorazdowski da ya nemo tare da daukar nauyin fafatawar jirgin ruwan Atlantic SL 89, wanda ya tashi daga Freetown, Saliyo zuwa Liverpool a farkon Oktoba. A karfe 23:07 na Oktoba 00, an gudanar da taro tare da masu lalata rakiyar Birtaniyya biyu Witch da Vanguisher. A 12:00 jiragen ruwa sun sami jigilar kayayyaki 21 da kuma madaidaiciyar murfin, kuma bisa umarnin Dokar Gabatar da Yamma (Yankin Ayyukan Yamma, mai hedkwata a Liverpool)
tare da su a yammacin gabar tekun Ireland. Oktoba 24, lokacin da duka masu lalata Poland suka kasance a 52°53,8° N, 13°14′ W, a wajen yankin da harin garken jiragen ruwa na karkashin ruwa ya yi barazana.
kuma an umarci jirgin ya dawo - Kuyawyak ya tafi Plymouth, da Krakowiak - zuwa Milford Haven. A ranar 26 ga Oktoba, ayarin motocin SL 89 sun isa tashar jirgin ruwan da aka nufa ba tare da asara ba.
