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ORP Ślązak (L26)
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For other ships with the same name, see ORP Ślązak.
ORP Ślązak (Polish for Silesian) was a World War II Hunt-class destroyer. Initially laid down in 1940 for the Royal Navy as HMS Bedale, in 1942 she was commissioned by the Polish Navy.
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Name | HMS Bedale |
Builder | Hawthorn Leslie, Newcastle |
Laid down | 25 May 1940 |
Launched | 23 July 1941 |
Fate | Transferred to Poland 1942, returned 1946, transferred to India 1953 |
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Name | ORP Ślązak |
Commissioned | 17 April 1942 |
Decommissioned | 28 September 1946 |
Identification | Pennant number: L26 |
Fate | Returned to Royal Navy 1946 |
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Name | INS Godavari |
Namesake | Godavari River |
Acquired | April 1959 |
Commissioned | 27 April 1953 |
Out of service | 1976, after running ashore in the Maldives |
Identification | Pennant number: D92 |
Fate | Scrapped in 1979 |
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Class and type | Hunt-class destroyer |
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Length | 85.3 m (280 ft) |
Beam | 9.6 m (31 ft) |
Draught | 2.4 m (7 ft 10 in)/3.9 m (13 ft) |
Speed | 27 kn (50 km/h; 31 mph) |
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Complement | 160 |
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Notes | powered by 2 shaft steam turbines 19,000 hp (14,200 kW) |
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After World War II, she was leased to the Indian Navy in 1953, where she served as a training ship until 1976. She was scrapped in 1979.