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Poland is the world's second largest producer of motor yachts, up to 9 meters in length after the United States. Poland has extensive experience in the production of modern and stylish houseboat yachts and floating houses. [14] Houseboat recreation is practicing in the Masuria District and on the Vistula River and lakes close to the Baltic seaside.
Poland. Fast attack craft ORP Orkan: 421 1992 369 tonnes [5] Homeport: Gdynia. ORP Piorun: 422 1994 ORP Grom: 423 1995 Mine countermeasure ships (21) Kontradmiral Xawery Czernicki-class: 1 Poland: Mine countermeasure command vessel: ORP Kontradmiral Xawery Czernicki: 511 2001 2,390 tonnes [6] Homeport: Świnoujście. Kormoran 2 class: 3 (+ 3 on ...
Torpedo boat ORP Mazur, one of the Polish Navy's first ships after World War I. Following World War I, the Second Polish Republic on 28 November 1918, by the order of Józef Piłsudski, commander of the Armed Forces of Poland, founded the modern Polish Navy. The small naval force was placed under the command of Captain Bogumił Nowotny as its ...
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The ship was launched in November 1981 at the Gdańsk Shipyard, Poland, and commissioned for service in July 1982 at Gdynia, thus replacing her forerunner Dar Pomorza. Her home port is Gdynia . The Dar Młodzieży is the first Polish-built, ocean-going sailing vessel to circumnavigate the globe (1987–88), thus repeating the famous voyage of ...
Zawsisza Czarny used to be a fishing vessel. After that use it was rebuilt to become a sailing vessel. Three masts were fitted on it and the motor that was built in was an old motor from a U-boat. [citation needed] One of the most interesting sailing voyages is certainly its trip to Cape Horn. [citation needed]
The Gdańsk Shipyard (Polish: Stocznia Gdańska, formerly Lenin Shipyard) is a large Polish shipyard, located in the city of Gdańsk, northern Poland. The yard gained international fame when Polish trade union Solidarity (Solidarność) was founded there in September 1980. It is situated on the western side of Martwa Wisła and on Ostrów Island.
Following World War I, Poland's shoreline was relatively short and included no major seaports. In the 1920s and 1930s, such ports were built in Gdynia and Hel , and the Polish Navy underwent a modernisation program under the leadership of Counter-Admiral Józef Unrug (Commanding Officer of the Fleet) and Vice-Admiral Jerzy Świrski (Chief of ...