- Yes
- No
History:
Originally Z-1, the boat was built in 1914 by A.G Vulcan in Stettin as part of a 4 boat order for the Dutch navy.
This boat would never end up in Dutch service however as when WW1 broke out, Germany proceeded to confiscate and service the boat as V-105. The boat proceeded to support the German navy in the Baltics via reconnaissance and torpedo attacks.
In 1919, German ships were reassigned to other nations. V-105 was originally going to Brazil however, a British dockyard bought it and in exchange for the torpedo boat A-69 and £900, Poland finally obtained V-105 despite initial British reluctance to strengthen new navies. In November of the same year, V-105 had been towed to what is now Gdansk from Rosyth after some repairs.
On August 2nd, 1922, the boat was commissioned into Polish service as ORP Mazur, named after the Mazurian people. It served in a torpedo boat unit and wore the identification letters MR.
Mazur eventually became a gunnery training ship, trading of its torpedo tubes for 4 75mm guns in 1931. Another modernization occurred in 1935, losing a second funnel and after mast before returning to service in 1937 and replacing one of the 75mm guns with a Vickers 40mm.
Mazur sometime between 1932-1934
One the first day of WW2 (1st September 1939), it was attacked by Ju-87s at the port of Oksywie while preparing to leave. It 1 close hit and another amidship, resulting in its sinking and loss of 50 crew, some of which continued to fire at the attackers. This resulted in it being one of the first naval casualties in WW2 alongside diver tender ORP Nurek.
Specifications:
340 tonnes (standard), 421 tonnes (full)
Length: 62.60m
Beam: 6.20m
Draft: 2.50m
Installed power: 2x Yarrow steam boilers (5,500hp)
Propulsion: 2 × AEG Vulcan steam turbines
Top speed: 50kmh
Armament: 3x Schneider 75mm guns, 1x Vickers 40mm and 2x 7.6mm maxim machine guns
Complement:80
Sources:
Conway’s All the World’s Fighting Ships 1906–1921
Piwowoński, Jan (1989). Flota spod biało-czerwonej
http://www.wlb-stuttgart.de/seekrieg/39-08.htm#SEP
Lech Trawicki. The First 1000 Miles . “Seas, Ships and Vessels”
https://web.archive.org/web/20090709102112/http://www.weu1918-1939.pl/kmw/nawodne/mazur/kmw_bojowe_nawodne_mazur.html