ORP Falcon. Kampeni Yachiwiri ya Mediterranean

ORP Falcon. Zithunzi za Mariusz Borowiak

Mu Seputembala 1941, Sokol ORP idayambitsa kampeni ya Mediterranean, yomwe tidalemba ku Mortz pa 6/2017. Sitimayo inatenga nawo mbali pazochitika zankhondo za 10, ndikumiza sitima yapamadzi yotchedwa Balilla ndi schooner Giuseppin. Komabe, masiku aulemerero omwe ankayembekezeredwa kwa nthawi yaitali sanabwere mpaka kampeni yotsatira ya Mediterranean, yomwe anayambitsa mu October 1942.

Kuchokera pa July 16, 1942, atabwerera kuchokera ku Mediterranean, Falcon inakhalabe ku Blyth, kumene inakonzedwa kwa miyezi yoposa iwiri. Panthawi imeneyo, gululi linaphatikizidwa mu flotilla ya 2 yamadzi. Ndiye panali kusintha kwa udindo wa mkulu wa sitima - mkulu. Lieutenant Wachiwiri (wokwezedwa 6 Meyi 3) Boris Karnitsky adasinthidwa ndi kaputeni wazaka za 1942. Mar. Jerzy Kozelkowski, yemwe anali wachiwiri kwa wamkulu wa gululi kwa miyezi 31. July 9 Nyanja Yoyamba Ambuye wa Admiralty, adm. kuchokera ku zombo za Sir Dudley Pound, adapatsa 28 mwa gulu la Falcon zokongoletsa kwambiri zankhondo zaku Britain chifukwa chaungwani ku Navarino.

Atakonza kuyambira pa Seputembala 20 mpaka Disembala 12, 1942, sitimayo idapanga maulendo oyeserera ndi masewera olimbitsa thupi. Anatumizidwa ku 3rd Flotilla ku Holy Loch, Scotland. Pa 13 December nthawi ya 13:00, Falcon, pamodzi ndi 3 British submarines P 339, P 223 ndi Torbay ndi oyendetsa zida za Cape Palliser, adawoloka Holy Loch kupita ku Lerwick, komwe kuli zilumba za Shetland kumpoto chakum'mawa kwa Scotland. Kwa Sokol, iyi inali kale gulu lankhondo la 18 kuyambira pomwe adalowa ntchito. Patsiku lachiŵiri lokha la ulendo wapamadzi m’pamene anthu oyendetsa sitimayo anafika pamalo awo osankhidwa pachilumba cha Shetland kumtunda. Falcon idataya nangula panthawi yoyendetsa, mwamwayi, chombocho sichinawonongeke. Zombozo zinali padoko mpaka masana pa 16 December, kudikirira kuti nyengo isinthe. Pa nthawiyi, ogwira ntchitoyo ankawonjezera mafuta ndi katundu.

Pambuyo pake anapita kunyanja ndipo anakhalabe m'madzi kwa maola angapo otsatira. Pa December 18 pa 11:55, Sokol inali pamtunda pamene alonda adawona ndege ya adani ikuuluka pamtunda wa mamita mazana angapo pamtunda wa makilomita 4 kumwera chakumadzulo. Kozilkovsky analamula kuti adutse. Oyang'anira ena onse anachita modekha. Pa 19 December pa 00:15 Sokół anakhalabe pamalo 67 ° 03'N, 07 ° 27'E. M'maola otsatira, anapitiriza ntchito yake. Sitima zapamadzi za adani ndi ndege sizinapezeke. Ndipo pa December 20 pa 15:30, chifukwa cha RDF direction finder, chizindikiro chosadziwika chinalandiridwa pamtunda wa mamita 3650. Falcon inakhalabe pamtunda wa mamita 10, koma palibe chomwe chinkawoneka kupyolera mu periscope. Chizindikirocho chinalandiridwanso kuchokera pa mtunda wa mamita 5500, pambuyo pake echo inasowa. Palibe chomwe chidachitika kwa maola angapo otsatira.

Cholinga cha zombo za ku Poland chinali kuyang'anira kutuluka kumpoto kwa Altafjord ku Norway. Panthawi imeneyo, zombo za ku Germany zinakhazikika kumeneko: sitima yankhondo ya Tirpitz, oyendetsa sitima zankhondo Lutzow ndi Admiral Hipper, ndi owononga. Kuchokera pa 21 mpaka 23 December, Falcon inapitirizabe kuyendayenda m'dera la 71 ° 08' N, 22 ° 30' E, kenako pafupi ndi chilumba cha Sørøya, chomwe chili kumpoto kwa Altafjord. Patatha masiku asanu, chifukwa cha zovuta kwambiri za hydrometeorological zomwe zidakhudza ogwira ntchito ndi sitimayo, lamulo linachokera ku Holy Loch kuti lichoke m'gululi.

Patsiku lomaliza la December 1942, m'maola a m'mawa, Falcon inali pa periscope kuya. Q. Pa 09:10 bomba la Heinkel He 65 linawonedwa pa 04°04'N, 18°111'E likupita ku Trondheim, Norway. Masana, Kozilkovsky adadziwitsidwa za kukhalapo kwa wina He 111 (64 ° 40,30' N, 03 ° 44' E), yomwe mwina ikupita kummawa. Palibenso china chinachitika tsiku limenelo.

January 1, 1943 mu mzinda wa Pa 12:20 pa mfundo ndi makonzedwe 62°30′ N, 01°18′ E. ndege yosadziwika idawoneka, yomwe mwina idapita ku Stavanger. Tsiku lotsatira pa 05:40 m'mawa, pafupifupi makilomita 10 kum'mawa kwa Out Sker, zilumba za Shetland Islands, moto waukulu unawoneka pa 090 °. Patatha kotala la ola, maphunzirowo anasinthidwa, kudutsa malo osungiramo mabomba. Pa 11:00 Falcon inabwerera ku Lerwick.

Pambuyo pake tsiku lomwelo, zida zatsopano zidabwera ndikuuza Kozilkowski kuti apite ku Dundee. Falcon inayenda ulendowu pamodzi ndi sitima yapamadzi ya ku Dutch O 14 ndipo inaperekezedwa ndi sitima yapamadzi yotchedwa HMT Loch Monteich. Gululi lidafika pamalopo pa 4 Januware. Kukhazikika kwa ogwira ntchito ku Poland padoko kudapitilira mpaka Januware 22.