• boat ORP Hel (421) ORP Gdańsk (422) ORP Gdynia (423) ORP Kołobrzeg (424) ORP Szczecin (425) ORP Elbląg (426) ORP Puck (427) ORP Ustka (428) ORP Oksywie...
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    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...
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  • non-raptor birds). ORP Czajka ORP Mewa ORP Jaskółka ORP Rybitwa ORP Czapla ORP Żuraw Two obsolete gunboats, the ORP Generał Haller and ORP Komendant Piłsudski...
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    of the naval base in Puck. From 1924 he commanded the following ships: minesweepers ORP Czajka and ORP Mewa and the gunboat ORP General Haller. In 1927...
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    ORP Flaming was a Polish base minesweeper from the Cold War era, one of 12 ships of Projekt 206F [pl], rebuilt between 2000 and 2001 into a minehunter...
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    later that day the Luftwaffe sank the ORP Gryf, the ORP Wicher, as well as the ORP Mewa, the Polish gunboat ORP General Haller sustained heavy damage...
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    ORP Mewa is a Polish base minesweeper from the Cold War era, one of a series of 12 vessels of Projekt 206F [pl], converted between 1998 and 1999 to a...
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    ORP Czapla was a Polish coastal minesweeper of the Jaskółka class, referred to as a mine layer according to the nomenclature used in the Navy of the Second...
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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...
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    In the mid-1950s, they were removed from service. The ORP Delfin was scuttled in the Bay of Puck, where it remains a diving attraction. The Japan Maritime...
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    ship ORP Gdynia is stationed at Plymouth; two of the destroyers, ORP Błyskawica and Burza form part of the 1st Destroyer Flotilla and the third ORP Garland...
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    Academy and one of the bases of the Polish Navy. It was also the namesake of ORP Oksywie. Both the Polish and then German name of the town, as well as various...
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    Hel, Poland (category Puck County)
    Hel (Kashubian: Hél; German: Hela) is a seaside resort city in Puck County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, located on the tip of the Hel Peninsula...
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    celebrated in the others cities across the country, including in Kołobrzeg, Puck, Szczecin, Świnoujście, Ustka, and others. Polish: Święto Morza Polish: Dni...
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    Grodzisko in Sopot and Skansen in Wolin. There are also the Dar Pomorza, ORP Błyskawica and SS Sołdek museum ships. Several museums devoted to World War...
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    Bofors guns (152 mm) were bought and brought to Gdynia aboard transport ship ORP Wilia. Transported to Hel by train, the guns were mounted in October 1935...
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  • command of the torpedo boat ORP Komendant Piłsudski in the Baltic Sea. In 1921, he became deputy commander of the gunboat ORP General Haller. In 1922 he...
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    locations. In the harbour, there are two anchored museum ships, the destroyer ORP Błyskawica and the tall ship frigate Dar Pomorza. A 1.5-kilometre (0.93 mi)-long...
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    of the Polish Navy, Admiral Józef Unrug and the captain of the destroyer, ORP Wicher Lieutenant Commander Tadeusz Morgenstern-Podjazd, it was decided that...
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    construction in January 2020 The lock of the Vistula Spit canal Aerial view ORP Albatros passing through the canal, 2023 Augustów Canal Elbląg Canal Transport...
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  • destroyed September 17 Soviet invasion of Poland September 18 Orzeł incident, ORP submarine escapes to the United Kingdom September 18 The Fall of Warsaw October...
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    measures of the workshop. The local museum is also moored at the port of ORP Fala patrol ship, built in 1964, after leaving the service transformed into...
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  • cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Makronisos by ORP Sokół ( Polish Navy). HMS Felixstowe  Royal Navy World War II: The Bangor-class...
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