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{{Infobox ship image| Ship image= | Ship caption=ORP Żbik next to the training sailship Lwów
}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header= | Ship country=Poland | Ship flag= | Ship name=ORP Żbik | Ship namesake=wildcat (in Polish) | Ship owner= | Ship operator= | Ship ordered= | Ship awarded= | Ship builder= | Ship yard number= | Ship laid down= 1927 | Ship launched=14.6.1930 | Ship sponsor= | Ship christened= | Ship completed=20.2.1932 | Ship acquired= | Ship commissioned=1932 | Ship recommissioned= | Ship decommissioned=1955 | Ship in service= | Ship out of service= | Ship renamed= | Ship reclassified= | Ship refit= | Ship struck= | Ship reinstated= | Ship homeport= | Ship motto= | Ship nickname= | Ship honours= | Ship captured= | Ship fate=Scrapped, 1956 | Ship status= | Ship notes= | Ship badge=
}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header= | Header caption= | Wilk|submarine|1}} | Ship displacement=*980 tons (surfaced) | 78.5|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} | 5.9|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} | 4.2|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} | Ship depth= | Ship hold depth= | Ship power= | 1800|hp|lk=in|abbr=on}}- electric engines: {{convert|1200|hp|abbr=on}}
| 14.5|kn|lk=in}} surface- {{convert|9.5|knot}} submerged
| 3500|nmi|lk=in}} @ {{convert|10|knot}}- {{convert|100|nmi}} @ {{convert|5|knot}} submerged
| Ship endurance= | Ship test depth= | Ship boats= | Ship capacity= | Ship complement=46–54 | Ship crew= | Ship time to activate= | Ship troops= | Ship sensors= | Ship EW= | 100|mm|in|abbr=on}} deck gun- 2 × {{convert|13.2|mm|in|abbr=on}} deck anti-aircraft heavy machine guns (mounted in place of 40 mm gun from 1935 onwards)
- 4 × {{convert|550|mm|in|abbr=on}} torpedo tubes, bow
- 2 × {{convert|550|mm|in|abbr=on}} (twin) rotating torpedo tubes, midship
- 16 × {{convert|550|mm|in|abbr=on}} torpedoes (6 in tubes and 10 reloads)
- 40 × mines
| Ship notes=
}} | ORP Żbik was a {{sclass-|Wilk|submarine}} which saw service in the Polish Navy from 1932 to 1955. Her name means "wildcat" in Polish. Żbik was laid down in 1927 in Caen, launched in 1930, and entered service in 1932. When World War II began on 1 September 1939, she took part in the Worek Plan for the defense of the Polish coast. According to the plan she laid her mines, one of which sank a small (525 t) German minesweeper M-85 on 1 October. After suffering battle damage and shortages of fuel, the submarine withdrew to neutral Swedish waters and was interned on 25 September. After the war, she returned to Poland in October 1945 and served in the navy of the Polish People's Republic until 1955. She was scrapped in 1956. Commanders20.2.1932 - ?.12.1932 captain E. Plawski ?.12.1932 - ?.7.1938 captain H. Kloczkowski ?.7.1938 - 25.9.1939 lieutenant M. Zebrowski External links{{Wilk class submarines}}{{coord|55|38|N|18|54|E|display=title|region:PL_type:landmark_source:dewiki}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Zbik, ORP}} 4 : Wilk-class submarines|World War II submarines of Poland|1930 ships|Ships built in France |