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The Polish Navy (Polish: Marynarka Wojenna, lit. 'War Navy'; often abbreviated to Marynarka) is the naval branch of the Polish Armed Forces. The Polish Navy consists of 46 ships and about 12,000 commissioned and enlisted personnel.
This is a list of ships of the Polish Navy from the outbreak of World War II to the present day.
During the MSPO fair in Poland, PGZ-MIECZNIK revealed the latest information on the Miecznik-class frigate program for the Polish Navy.
Poland’s plans to transform its naval capabilities, while overshadowed by the moves above, are no less dramatic. With a small, ageing and disparate collection of assets, the Polish Navy has long struggled to make much of an impact even within the confines of the Baltic Sea.
The PGZ-MIECZNIK consortium has unveiled new details regarding the weapons and sensor systems of the three Project 106 Miecznik frigates being designed for the Polish Navy. Tomasz Grotnik 17 Jul 2023
During the MSPO fair in Poland, PGZ-MIECZNIK revealed the latest information on the Miecznik-class frigate program for the Polish Navy.
The consortium, formed by Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa (PGZ), PGZ Stocznia Wojenna and Remontowa Shipbuilding, has chosen Babcock International’s Arrowhead 140 (AH140) design for the Polish Navy’s new frigates.
MIECZNIK is a class of multi-role frigates being built by the Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa (PGZ)-Miecznik consortium and the Armament Inspectorate under the Miecznik (Swordfish) programme, which is a strategic initiative aimed at modernising the Polish Navy’s fleet.
Its core consists of two unmodernized Olivier Hazard Perry frigates (short hull), three Fast Attack Craft (FAC) upgraded with RBS Mk3 missiles and Thales C2, three minesweepers turned modernized mine-hunters, four German-designed Kobben-class diesel coastal submarines, and a Soviet-era Kilo-class.
The Polish Navy is at the beginning of the transformation phase from a littoral-orientated force, defined under the so-called ‘Baltic Sea Plus’ concept into an ocean-capable one.