ORP ''Bielik'', formerly HNoMS ''Svenner'' (S309), was one of four s in service with the Polish Navy. The vessel and its

sister ship A sister ship is a ship of the same class or of virtually identical design to another ship. Such vessels share a nearly identical hull and superstructure layout, similar size, and roughly comparable features and equipment. They often share a ...

s were built in the period 1964–1967 by Rheinstahl Nordseewerke GmbH in

Emden Emden () is an independent city and seaport in Lower Saxony in the northwest of Germany, on the river Ems. It is the main city of the region of East Frisia and, in 2011, had a total population of 51,528. History The exact founding date of E ...

, West Germany for the Royal Norwegian Navy. The ''Kobben''-class submarines were given to Poland in the 2002–2004Saunders, p. 557 period after having been replaced by s in Norway. Before entering active Polish service the boat was modified in

Gdańsk Gdańsk ( , also ; ; csb, Gduńsk;Stefan Ramułt, ''Słownik języka pomorskiego, czyli kaszubskiego'', Kraków 1893, Gdańsk 2003, ISBN 83-87408-64-6. , Johann Georg Theodor Grässe, ''Orbis latinus oder Verzeichniss der lateinischen Benen ...

. She was decommissioned in December 2021 alongside her sister Sęp, with the decommissioning marking the end of active service for the Kobben-class submarines.

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