Northern Shipyard in Gdańsk as a sister ship of ORP Wodnik, in 1976 she replaced the previous ORP Gryf in her role of a school ship. Prior to the Gulf...
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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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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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(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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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 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...
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destroyers. The Marynarka ended up with the two French-built destroyers, ORP Wicher and the ORP Burza together with the French-built submarines Wilk, Żbik, and...
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but with much less success. Warships (in service during September 1939) Gryf, large minelayer, sunk by German bombers in Hel base Błyskawica, a destroyer...
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Maass and Z9 Wolfgang Zenker took part in an attack on the Polish ships Gryf and Wicher in Gdynia harbour. Lütjens attacked from a range of 14,000 yards...
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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...
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