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The Polish Navy fought alongside the Allied navies in Norway, the North Sea, the Atlantic and the Mediterranean, and aided in the escort of Atlantic and Arctic convoys, in which ORP Orkan was lost in 1943. Polish naval vessels played a part in the sinking of the German battleship Bismarck, and in the landings in Normandy during D-Day. During ...
Fleet tanker ORP Bałtyk: Z-1 1991 3,021 tonnes [17] Homeport: Gdynia. B199 class 1 Poland: Fleet tanker Z-8: Z-8 1970 1,225 tonnes [18] Homeport: Świnoujście. Survey ship (2) Heweliusz-class. Project 874. 2 Poland: Survey ship ORP Heweliusz: 265 1982 1,214 tonnes [19] Homeport: Gdynia. ORP Arctowski: 266 1982 Tugboats (13) B860 class 6 ...
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.
Pages in category "Naval history of Poland" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. ... Riverine Flotilla of the Polish Navy order of battle; P.
The Polish Navy fought with great distinction alongside the other Allied navies in many important and successful operations, including those conducted against the German battleship Bismarck. [57] In the war the Polish Navy operated a total of 27 ships: 2 cruisers, 9 destroyers, 5 submarines and 11 torpedo boats.
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Initially subordinate to the Referee of the Riverine Fleet in the Ministry of Military Affairs in Warsaw, in 1932 it was separated as a semi-independent branch of the navy based in Pińsk. In 1939 the commander of the Riverine Flotilla was Cmdr. Witold Zajączkowski and his chief of staff was Cmdr. Władysław Szczekowski. Other members of the ...
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