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...
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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...
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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...
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ORP Gryf (Wodnik class) is a Polish schoolship of the Polish Navy, the third vessel to bear that name. She is named after the notable Polish WWII minelayer...
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(KTD-458) ORP Odporny (KTD-459) Hansa A type ORP Zetempowiec, later renamed Gryf Schooner ORP Iskra (1917) Gryf class ORP Gryf Wicher-class destroyer ORP Wicher...
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of ORP Gryf, Cmdr. Stefan Kwiatkowski, was killed by German machine gun fire, 29 of his men were wounded, and his ship's rudder was jammed. Gryf's executive...
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ORP Orzeł was an Orzeł class submarine of the Polish Navy that served during WWII. Orzeł was laid down 14 August 1936 at the Dutch shipyard De Schelde...
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ORP Wicher, the lead ship of the Wicher class, was a Polish Navy destroyer. She saw combat in the Invasion of Poland, which began World War II in Europe...
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day of World War II during the Battle of Danzig Bay while commanding the ORP Gryf. He was born on 8 November 1894 in Korelicze, Grodno , in the family of...
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minelayer ORP Mewa. Further air raids occurred the following day. On 3 September, the Polish destroyer ORP Wicher and large minelayer ORP Gryf, supported...
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incidents in September 1939 Shipwrecks 1 Sep: ORP Mazur 3 Sep: Athenia, ORP Gryf, ORP Mewa, ORP Wicher 6 Sep: ORP General Haller 8 Sep: HNLMS Willem van Ewijck...
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Ślązak Cruisers ORP Dragon ORP Conrad Heavy minelayer ORP Gryf Submarines ORP Orzeł ORP Sęp ORP Wilk ORP Ryś ORP Żbik ORP Jastrząb ORP Dzik ORP Sokół Torpedo...
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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...
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incidents in September 1939 Shipwrecks 1 Sep: ORP Mazur 3 Sep: Athenia, ORP Gryf, ORP Mewa, ORP Wicher 6 Sep: ORP General Haller 8 Sep: HNLMS Willem van Ewijck...
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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...
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ORP Lublin became an honorary citizen of Lublin. ORP Gryf was a Polish mine-laying vessel and, likely, the only heavy mine-laying vessel built. ORP Kraków...
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incidents in September 1939 Shipwrecks 1 Sep: ORP Mazur 3 Sep: Athenia, ORP Gryf, ORP Mewa, ORP Wicher 6 Sep: ORP General Haller 8 Sep: HNLMS Willem van Ewijck...
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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...
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procurement of naval Destroyer, Submarines and in 1938 for the Minelayer, ORP "Gryf". On 5 September 1939 Świrski and his staff left Warsaw for Pińsk, but...
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beginning of World War II in September 1939, when the interned Polish submarine ORP Orzeł escaped from Tallinn, in neutral Estonia, to the United Kingdom. Joseph...
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heavy minelayer ORP Gryf under Stefan Kwiatkowski (later replaced by Lieutenant Commander Wiktor Łomidze) and its escort, the destroyer ORP Wicher under...
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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...
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ORP Mewa (Polish for "seagull") was a Jaskółka-class minesweeper of the Polish Navy at the outset of World War II. Mewa participated in the defense of...
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Lieutenant-Commander) of ORP Jaskółka, a Polish minesweeper and minelayer. Later on he became the deputy commander of the ORP Gryf. At the outbreak of the...
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In terms of equipment the Polish Navy lost one destroyer (ORP Wicher), one minelayer (ORP Gryf) and several support craft. Equipment loses included 132...
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Homepage, Ordre de bataille of the Polish Navy on 31 VIII 1939 "ORP Gryf - Minelayer of the Gryf class - Allied Warships of WWII". uboat.net. Retrieved 2010-07-15...
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ORP Jaskółka was the lead ship of her class of minesweepers in the Polish Navy at the outset of World War II. Jaskółka was sunk during the Nazi invasion...
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with 1 destroyer (ORP Wicher); 3 other destroyers had been evacuated from the Baltic Sea during Plan Peking), 1 heavy minelayer (ORP Gryf) and several submarines...
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alongside the Royal Navy throughout the war (the ORP Burza and ORP Błyskawica survived the war, whereas the ORP Grom was sunk on 4 May 1940 in the Rombaken...
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ORP General Haller was a Filin-class guard ship originally built for the Imperial Russian Navy. She was later acquired by the Polish Navy and served until...
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