ORP Mewa was the name of at least three ships of the Polish Navy and may refer to: ORP Mewa (1935), a Jaskółka-class minesweeper launched in 1935 and...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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caller at Halifax, making over 100 trips to Halifax with immigrants. In 1935 Anchor Line went into liquidation and Donaldson Line bought most of its assets...
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Jaskółka-class minesweeper ORP Jaskółka ORP Rybitwa ORP Mewa (1935) ORP Czajka ORP Żuraw ORP Czapla Vodorez-class gunboat ORP Komendant Piłsudski ORP Generał Haller...
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flag and the largest ship in the world until completion of SS Normandie in 1935. The third and largest member of German Hamburg America Line's trio of transatlantic...
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flight deck before March 1934. Courageous was refitted again between October 1935 and June 1936 with her pom-pom mounts. She was present at the Coronation...
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("ptaszki"– "Birds"): ORP Jaskółka – Swallow, sunk 1939 ORP Mewa (1935) – Seagull ORP Rybitwa – Tern ORP Czajka – Lapwing ORP Żuraw – Crane ORP Czapla – Heron...
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September 1939 Shipwrecks 1 Sep: ORP Mazur, Tiger Hill 3 Sep: Athenia, ORP Gryf, ORP Mewa (1935), ORP Wicher 6 Sep: ORP General Haller 8 Sep: HNLMS Willem...
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(Recollections of Stanislaw Tatar from September 1939". Retrieved July 14, 2010. "ORP Mewa". Zgapa.pl. 2005-06-05. Retrieved 2010-07-15. "Wielka Encyklopedia Uzbrojenia...
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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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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...
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been renamed Eustratios in 1916; Pilion in 1930; Cyprus in 1933; Kypros in 1935; and Ellinico Ypethro in 1938. Throughout those changes of owner and name...
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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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net. Retrieved 17 February 2015. Hofmann, Markus. "U 39". Deutsche U-Boote 1935-1945 - u-boot-archiv.de (in German). Retrieved 7 December 2014. 58°32′N 11°49′W...
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September 1939 Shipwrecks 1 Sep: ORP Mazur, Tiger Hill 3 Sep: Athenia, ORP Gryf, ORP Mewa (1935), ORP Wicher 6 Sep: ORP General Haller 8 Sep: HNLMS Willem...
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installed for use by the Rangefinding School. Pluton spent much of 1933–1935 in dockyard hands after finishing her first round of modifications on 27...
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Prystor (since October 4, 1935). January 6. Second World Zionist-Revisionist Conference begins in Kraków, January 10. ORP Mewa is launched, January 15....
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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...
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September 1939 Shipwrecks 1 Sep: ORP Mazur, Tiger Hill 3 Sep: Athenia, ORP Gryf, ORP Mewa (1935), ORP Wicher 6 Sep: ORP General Haller 8 Sep: HNLMS Willem...
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Kriegsmarine built for service in World War II. Her keel was laid down in November 1935 in Bremen. She was commissioned in August 1936 with Korvettenkapitän Hans...
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September 1939 Shipwrecks 1 Sep: ORP Mazur, Tiger Hill 3 Sep: Athenia, ORP Gryf, ORP Mewa (1935), ORP Wicher 6 Sep: ORP General Haller 8 Sep: HNLMS Willem...
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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...
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1924 he commanded the following ships: minesweepers ORP Czajka and ORP Mewa and the gunboat ORP General Haller. In 1927 he was appointed as the director...
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September 1939 Shipwrecks 1 Sep: ORP Mazur, Tiger Hill 3 Sep: Athenia, ORP Gryf, ORP Mewa (1935), ORP Wicher 6 Sep: ORP General Haller 8 Sep: HNLMS Willem...
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September 1939 Shipwrecks 1 Sep: ORP Mazur, Tiger Hill 3 Sep: Athenia, ORP Gryf, ORP Mewa (1935), ORP Wicher 6 Sep: ORP General Haller 8 Sep: HNLMS Willem...
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