ORP ''Ryś'' was a which saw service in the Polish Navy from 1931 to 1955. Her name means Lynx in

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History

''Ryś'' was laid down in 1927 in Nantes,

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; launched in 1929; and entered service in 1932. When

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began on September 1, 1939, she took part in the

Worek Plan The Worek Plan (or ''Operation Worek'', pl, Plan Worek, literally ''Plan Sack'') was an operation of the Polish Navy in the first days of World War II, in which its five submarines formed a screen in order to prevent German naval forces fr ...

for the defense of the Polish coast. After suffering battle damage, the submarine withdrew to neutral Swedish waters and was interned on September 17. After the war, she returned to Poland in October 1945 and served in the navy of the

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until 1955. She was scrapped in 1956.

External links

Uboat.net on ORP ''Ryś''
Wilk-class submarines World War II submarines of Poland 1929 ships Ships built in France {{submarine-stub