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ORP Gryf was a school and hospital ship of the Polish Navy, a second vessel to bear that name. She was built in German-occupied Denmark as a cargo ship...

warships of the Polish Navy have borne the name ORP Gryf, named after the Polish word for griffon: ORP Gryf (1936), a large minelayer launched in 1936 and...

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...

interned Sweden ORP Dzik – Boar (British U class) 1942–1946 ORP Sokół – Falcon (British U class) 1941–1945 Heavy minelayers: ORP Gryf – Griffin sunk 1939...

Sold to Latvia in 2006. HNoMS Vale (1978–2003) Donated to Latvia in 2003. ORP Gryf (1936) – 1 ship NMS Aurora – 1 ship NMS Alexandru cel Bun – 1 ship NMS...

ORP Komendant Piłsudski was a Filin-class guard ship originally built at Ab Crichton in Turku, Finland, for the Imperial Russian Navy. She was bought...

Royal Australian Navy destroyer HMAS Norman and the Polish Navy destroyer ORP Garland on 17 January 1942, after which she and rest of the local escort...

ORP Orkan, formerly HMS Myrmidon, was an M-class destroyer of the Polish Navy during World War II. Orkan is Polish for "hurricane". The destroyer was...

ORP Wilia (old spelling ORP Wilja) was a transport and training ship of the Polish Navy of the Second Polish Republic, from 1940 a merchant ship SS Modlin...

ORP Warszawa was an armed river monitor of the Riverine Flotilla of the Polish Navy, launched in 1920 and scuttled in 1939. She was raised by the Soviets...

year. In January 1944, Walker was transferred to the Home Fleet to escort Arctic convoys to and from the Soviet Union. In February 1944, she was part of...

towed to the scrapyard in Inverkeithing. The hull was completely scrapped by 1944. The bell was later placed in St Nicholas Church, Dereham. The Majestic was...

1977. Navies in Exile by Divine, A.D., John Murray Publishers Ltd, London, 1944 Picture of ORP Wicher and her sister ship side by side at Gdynia harbour...

into service under the name Hannes Freymann. It sailed in this role until 1944, when it was bombed and sunk by allied planes in the Norwegian fjord. Once...

strict observance of prize rules. The Polish destroyer ORP Wicher and the minelayer ORP Gryf are sunk in the Polish port of Hel by the Luftwaffe, making...

In terms of equipment the Polish Navy lost one destroyer (ORP Wicher), one minelayer (ORP Gryf) and several support craft. Equipment loses included 132...

on 24 March 1942. City of Paris was converted into a personnel ship in 1944, and used as an accommodation ship from September 1945 until 1946. She was...

prisoners on Luzon and saved countless lives before he died on 14 December 1944. Lt. Comdr. Davis received the Navy Cross for his intrepid fight on Canopus...

2011. Gdańsk, Retrieved 5 January 2021 Gdynia, Retrieved 5 January 2021 Gryf, Retrieved 10 January 2022 "Lloyd Bydgoski II (+1939)". Wrecksite. Retrieved...

founded the Roman church of St. Martin in Kraków together with the Gryf Clan family (see Gryf coat of arms). Mongol and Tatar states in Europe were common at...