RN Subs

P551

S-25 possibly off New London, CT., during 1923 - 24.

Upload An Image Of This Boat

USS S-25 was decommissioned from the USN in 1941 and simultaneously transferred to United Kingdom where she was renamed HMS P551.

She was then loaned to the government of Poland in exile, accepted by Lieutenant Commander B. Romanowski of the Polish Navy, and commissioned as ORP Jastrząb ("Hawk"). Jastrząb entered the history of the Polish Navy as its only submarine ever to cross the Atlantic Ocean from the West to the East, as she came from the US to Europe.

While traveling an Allied convoy PQ-15 to Murmansk, Jastrząb strayed some 100 miles off her proper course, and attackedthe Norwegian destroyer St Albans and the British minesweeper HMS Seagull. She was attacked with depth charges and made to surface, there she was strafed with the loss of five crew (including British liaison officer) and six injured, including the commander. The ship was badly damaged and had to be scuttled

Events

Comments

0 comments

This form is for you to comment on, or add additional information to this page. Any questions will be deleted. If you wish to ask a question or otherwise contact the Branch or the Webmaster. Please use the Contact Us page or ask your question on our Facebook Page

Name (required)

Email (will not be published; required)

Please insert the result of the arithmetical operation from the following image:

=

   

Note: All submissions are subject to webmaster approval prior to appearing on the page. As a SPAM prevention measure, any comments containing links to other sites will be automatically discarded