I-ORP Falcon. Umkhankaso Wesibili WaseMedithera

I-ORP Falcon. Iqoqo lezithombe lika-Mariusz Borowiak

NgoSeptemba 1941, i-Sokol ORP yethula umkhankaso waseMedithera, esabhala ngawo eMortz ngo-6/2017. Umkhumbi wabamba iqhaza emikhankasweni yezempi eyi-10, wacwilisa umkhumbi wezimpahla i-Balilla kanye ne-schooner Giuseppin. Nokho, izinsuku zenkazimulo okwakukade zilindelwe azizange zifike kwaze kwaba umkhankaso olandelayo waseMedithera, awuqala ngo-October 1942.

Kusukela ngoJulayi 16, 1942, ngemva kokubuya eMedithera, iFalcon yahlala eBlyth, lapho yayilungiswa khona isikhathi esingaphezu kwezinyanga ezimbili. Ngaleso sikhathi, iyunithi yayifakwe 2nd submarine flotilla. Kwabe sekuba noshintsho esikhundleni somkhuzi womkhumbi - umphathi. ULieutenant Wesibili (onyuswe nge-6 Meyi 3) u-Boris Karnitsky wathathelwa indawo ukaputeni oneminyaka engu-1942. Mar. UJerzy Kozelkowski, obeyiphini likamkhuzi walolu phiko izinyanga ezingama-31. July 9 First Sea Lord of the Admiralty, adm. kusukela emikhumbini ka-Sir Dudley Pound, waklomelisa abasebenzi be-Falcon abangama-28 imihlobiso ephakeme kakhulu yezempi yaseBrithani ngobuqhawe e-Navarino.

Ngemva kokulungiswa kusukela ngoSepthemba 20 kuya kuDisemba 12, 1942, umkhumbi wenza uhambo lokuvivinya nokuzivocavoca. Wabelwa ku-3rd Flotilla e-Holy Loch, eScotland. Ngomhla ziyi-13 kuZibandlela ngo-13:00, i-Falcon, kanye nemikhumbi-ngwenya ye-3 yaseBrithani i-P 339, P 223 kanye ne-Torbay kanye nomdwebi ohlomile we-Cape Palliser, bawela i-Holy Loch baya e-Lerwick, isizinda esisesiqhingini seziqhingi sase-Shetland enyakatho-mpumalanga ye-Scotland. Kwa-Sokol, lokhu bekuvele kuwukugada kwezempi kwe-18 kusukela kungene inkonzo. Ngosuku lwesibili kuphela lohambo lomkhumbi izisebenzi zafika endaweni yazo emisiwe eSiQhingini saseShetland ezweni. I-Falcon yalahlekelwa ihange layo ngesikhathi kuqhutshwa i-moring, ngenhlanhla isikebhe asizange sonakaliswe. Imikhumbi yayisethekwini kwaze kwaba semini mhla ziyi-16 kuZibandlela, ilindele ukuthi isimo sezulu sibe ngcono. Ngalesi sikhathi, izisebenzi zaphinde zagcwalisa uphethiloli nezinto ezidingekayo.

Ekugcineni baphumela olwandle futhi bahlala becwile emanzini amahora ambalwa alandelayo. Ngomhla ka-December 18 ngo-11:55, i-Sokol yayiphezu komhlaba lapho abalindi bebona indiza yesitha indiza endaweni ephakeme ngamamitha angamakhulu amaningana ebangeni lamamayela angu-4 we-nautical eningizimu-ntshonalanga. U-Kozilkovsky wanikeza umyalo wokutshuza. Bonke abanye abaqaphi benza ngokuzola okukhulu. Ngomhla ziyi-19 kuZibandlela ngo-00:15 i-Sokół yahlala endaweni engu-67°03'N, 07°27'E. Emahoreni alandelayo, waqhubeka nomsebenzi wakhe. Imikhumbi yezitha kanye nezindiza azitholakalanga. Futhi kuphela ngo-December 20 ngo-15: 30, sibonga isitholi sesiqondiso somsakazo we-RDF, isignali engaziwa yatholwa ebangeni elingamamitha angu-3650. I-Falcon yahlala ekujuleni okungaba ngu-10 m, kodwa akukho lutho olubonakalayo nge-periscope. Isignali yaphinde yamukelwa kusukela ebangeni elingamamitha angu-5500, ngemva kwalokho i-echo yanyamalala. Akwenzekanga lutho emahoreni ambalwa alandelayo.

Inhloso yokugada komkhumbi wasePoland kwakuwukulawula ukuphuma enyakatho kwe-Altafjord eNorway. Ngaleso sikhathi, imikhumbi yamaJalimane yamiswa lapho: umkhumbi wezempi Tirpitz, Cruiser esindayo Lutzow futhi Admiral Hipper, futhi ababhubhisi. Kusukela zingama-21 kuya zingama-23 kuZibandlela, iFalcon yaqhubeka nokugada kwayo endaweni engu-71°08′ N, 22°30′ E, kwase kuba eduze kwesiqhingi saseSørøya, esisendaweni ephuma enyakatho ye-Altafjord. Ezinsukwini ezinhlanu kamuva, ngenxa yezimo ezimbi kakhulu ze-hydrometeorological ezithinte izisebenzi kanye nomkhumbi, kwafika umyalo ovela ku-Holy Loch wokushiya umkhakha.

Ngosuku lokugcina lukaDisemba 1942, ekuseni, i-Falcon yayise-periscope ukujula. Q. Ngamahora angu-09 ibhomu le-Heinkel He 10 libonwe ku-65°04'N, 04°18'E lilibangise e-Trondheim, Norway. Emini, uKozilkovsky waziswa ngokuba khona komunye u-He 111 (111°64′ N, 40,30°03′ E), okungenzeka ukuthi ubheke empumalanga. Akukho okunye okwenzeka ngalolo suku.

Janawari 1, 1943 edolobheni Ngo-12:20 endaweni enezixhumanisi 62°30′ N, 01°18′ E. kwabonakala indiza engaziwa, okungenzeka ukuthi yayilibangise eStavanger. Ngakusasa ngo-05:40 ekuseni, cishe amakhilomitha angu-10 e-nautical empumalanga ye-Out Sker, iqoqo leziqhingi zaseShetland Islands, umlilo omkhulu wabonwa ku-090 °. Ngemva kwekota yehora, isifundo sashintshwa, kudlula inkundla yamabhomu. Ngo-11:00 iFalcon ibuyele eLerwick.

Kamuva ngalolo suku, kwafika imiyalo emisha etshela uKozilkowski ukuthi aye eDundee. I-Falcon yenze lolu hambo nenkampani yomkhumbi-ngwenya wase-Dutch u-O 14 futhi iphelezelwa umdwebi ohlomile we-HMT Loch Monteich. Iqembu lafika esizindeni ngomhlaka-4 Januwari. Ukuhlala kwezisebenzi zasePoland ethekwini kwahlala kwaze kwaba nguJanuwari 22.