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of the Polish Navy have been named ORP Warszawa, after the capital city of Warsaw: ORP Warszawa (1920), was a monitor of the Riverine Flotilla of the Polish...

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...

Swinoujscie ORP 631 Gardno, ORP 632 Bukowo, ORP 633 Dąbie, ORP 634 Jamno, ORP 635 Mielno, ORP 636 Wicko, ORP 637 Resko, ORP 638 Sarbsko, ORP 639 Necko, ORP 640...

2 × liaison platoons ORP Horodyszcze monitor ORP Warszawa monitor ORP Generał Sikorski AA ship ORP Hetman Chodkiewicz AA ship ORP Generał Sosnkowski hospital...

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...

previously on the minelayer ORP Gryf. There were two ships built: ORP Grom - Sunk on 4 May 1940 in Ofotfjord near Narvik ORP Blyskawica - Currently preserved...

ORP Mazur was a torpedo boat, then gunnery training ship of the Polish Navy. She was the former German torpedo boat V-105. She took part in the Polish...

54°40′N 18°34′E / 54.667°N 18.567°E / 54.667; 18.567 ORP Gryf (English: "Griffin") was a large Polish Navy minelayer, sunk during the 1939 German invasion...

("ptaszki"– "Birds"): ORP Jaskółka – Swallow, sunk 1939 ORP Mewa – Seagull ORP Rybitwa – Tern ORP Czajka – Lapwing ORP Żuraw – Crane ORP Czapla – Heron Polish...

ORP Jastrząb ("Hawk") was a former S-class submarine, originally of the United States Navy, in Polish service between 1941 and 1942, when she was lost...

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...

second ship of the class, ORP Burza ("storm"), was not finished until 1932, almost four years after the initial deadline. ORP Wicher was sunk in the opening...

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 Batory was a patrol boat of the Polish Border Guard which operated from the 1930s into the 1950s. The vessel was built by the State Engineering Works...

Krawczak, Jerzy Odziemkowski: Polskie pociągi pancerne w wojnie 1939. Wyd. I. Warszawa: Książka i Wiedza, 1987, seria: Biblioteka Pamięci Pokoleń. ISBN 83-05-11723-5...

submarines were ordered in De Schelde and Rotterdamse Shipyards, ORP Orzeł (Eagle) and ORP Sęp (Vulture). Design was made in cooperation with a team from...

before the Invasion of Poland. On 10 November 1939 she was commissioned as ORP Gdynia. Initially she was a troopship, but she was considered unsuitable...

construction of coastal defence ships and monitors developed at the shipyard as time went on. Of particular note was the monitor Vitse-admiral Popov, with its unusual...

sent to Durazzo and Cattaro on 25 January 1919 as part of the fleet that monitored the transfer of ex-Austro-Hungarian Navy ships to the victorious Allied...

Wilk-class submarines of the Polish Navy included three boats: ORP Wilk, ORP Ryś and ORP Żbik. They served from 1931 until 1955. The boats were built in...