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Rescue ships (4) Piast-class: 2 Poland: Multi-task rescue-salvage ship ORP Piast 281 1974 1,600 tonnes [15] Homeport: Gdynia. ORP Lech 282 1974 Zbyszko-class: 2 Poland: Salvage and rescue ship ORP Zbyszko R-14 1991 380 tonnes [15] Homeport: Gdynia. ORP Maćko R-15 1992 Survey (2) Nawigator-class. Project 863. 2 Poland: Survey ORP Navigator
The Polish Navy has its roots in naval vessels that were largely employed on Poland's main rivers in defense of trade and commerce. During the Thirteen Years' War (1454–66), a small force of ships that primarily operated on rivers and lakes saw real open sea battles for the first time. At the Battle of Vistula Lagoon, a combined fleet of the ...
Ships were acquired from France, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom, and the navy was to be able to secure the Polish supply lines in case of a war against the Soviet Union. By September 1939 the Polish Navy consisted of 5 submarines, 4 destroyers, and various support vessels and mine-warfare ships. This force was no match for the large ...
ORP Błyskawica, Gdynia 2016. ORP Błyskawica (Polish for Lightning) is a Grom -class destroyer which served in the Polish Navy during World War II. She is the only Polish Navy ship to have been decorated with the Virtuti Militari, Poland's highest military order for gallantry, and in 2012 was given the Pro Memoria Medal.
ORP. Piorun. (G65) ORP Piorun was an N-class destroyer operated by the Polish Navy in World War II. The word piorun is Polish for "Thunderbolt". Ordered by the Royal Navy in 1939, the ship was laid down as HMS Nerissa before being loaned to the Poles in October 1940 while still under construction.
Pages in category "Ships of the Polish Navy". The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. List of ships of the Polish Navy.
Belgian Navy: 5 of 10 delivered from 1985 remain in service as the Aster class (3 sold to France, 1 to Bulgaria, 1 to Pakistan) Bulgarian Navy: 1 in service. French Navy: 13 in service as the Eridan class. Indonesian Navy: 2 in service as the Pulau Rengat class. Latvian Naval Forces: 5 in service.
Kontradmirał Xawery Czernicki. ORP Kontradmirał Xawery Czernicki is a mine countermeasure forces command vessel of the Polish Navy. [1] The ship's design was based on a hull of the 130 class degaussing station planned by the Construction Bureau of the Refurbishing Shipyard in Gdańsk. The hull was ordered by the Russian Navy, but the contract ...