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Poland
Name	ORP Jaskółka
Namesake	jaskółka, Polish word for "swallow"
Launched	11 September 1934
Commissioned	27 August 1935
Fate	Sunk, 15 September 1939
General characteristics
Class and type	Jaskółka-class minesweeper
Displacement	183 tons
Length	48 m (157 ft 6 in)
Beam	5.5 m (18 ft 1 in)
Draft	2.4 m (7 ft 10 in)
Speed	16–18 knots (18–21 mph; 30–33 km/h)
Complement	30
Armament	1 × 3 in (76 mm) 2 × anti-aircraft guns 20 × mines

ORP Jaskółka was the lead ship of her class of minesweepers in the Polish Navy at the outset of World War II. Jaskółka was sunk during the Nazi invasion of 1939.

History

Jaskółka was built at Gdynia; launched 11 September 1934; and commissioned 27 August 1935.

On 1 September 1939, Jaskółka under the command of captain Tadeusz Borysiewicz, along with other minesweepers, engaged in combat with German aircraft on their way to execute a bombing raid of the Hel Peninsula, in what became known as the Battle of the Gdańsk Bay. During the battle, sister ship Mewa was damaged. On the night of 12 September, Jaskółka and Czajka fired upon German positions. During the next two days, the same ships installed mines around the Hel peninsula to keep German ships from bombarding the defenders. On 14 September, Jaskółka was sunk after it was hit by a German bomb in the port of Jastarnia.

References

1. Piaskowski, Stanisław M. Okręty Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej 1920-1946. p. 43.
2. Twardowski, Marek. "Pod trzema banderami: Dzieje trałowców typu Jaskółka". Morza, Statki i Okręty. 6/1999. ISSN 1426-529X.

Further reading

• Dyskant, Józef Wiesław (2000). Polska Marynarka Wojenna w 1939 roku cz. 1: W przededniu wojny. Gdańsk. ISBN 83-7237-044-3.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• Piaskowski, Stanisław M. (1996). Okręty Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej 1920-1946. Warszawa. ISBN 83-900217-2-2.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

v t e Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in September 1939
Shipwrecks	1 Sep: ORP Mazur, Tiger Hill 3 Sep: Athenia, ORP Gryf, ORP Mewa (1935), ORP Wicher 6 Sep: ORP General Haller 8 Sep: HNLMS Willem van Ewijck 10 Sep: SS Magdapur, HMS Oxley 12 Sep: Davara 14 Sep: Fanad Head, ORP Jaskółka, U-39 16 Sep: Rudyard Kipling 17 Sep: HMS Courageous 18 Sep: Warszawa 20 Sep: U-27 23 Sep: Martti Ragnar 24 Sep: Phryné, Caldew 29 Sep: HMS Caledonia 30 Sep: ORP Komendant Piłsudski 30 Sep: Clement
Other incidents	2 Sep: USS Pigeon 3 Sep: Hannah Böge 4 Sep: Christian Van Doornum 10 Sep: Triton 16 Sep: City of Paris 18 Sep: ORP Orzeł (incident) 22 Sep: Martti Ragnar Unknown date: HMS Vanquisher, HMS Walker Unknown date: SS Toruń
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