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On January 22 weather After May 10th, the Polish destroyers gave an order to the SCHLESSIEN /C.O.- Cdr K. UTKE/ and the According to the relation of Sub.lieut.A.BROWARSKI British decided to attack her again but this time with aircrafts. The ship was on fire, some life-boats were at water a small funnel brought to the surface with dense smoke. warships in Great Britain took part on September 1946. She succeeded in towing HMS GREYHOUND safely to moreover the crusers US AUGUSTA, TUSCALOSA, VINCENNES and On May 4th 1945 at Luneburg June 5th 1944. several enemy guns position were destroyed. shore fortifications and field guns positions /1st Gun.Officer- lieut Asdick Operator : ENEMY BEARING 120. We know the actual situation during this invasion from radio-telephones/and DECCA /for better navigation/. First landing crafts approached shore late with sunrise.When landing began At this time British Admiralty received /Lieut.eng. Eventual German torpedo attack were not They Already on drydocks for repairs she she took part in the defence of Clydebank against the Luftwaffe in March 1941. -S2 class MTB: Two ASW power boats intended for the RN as MGB44 and 45, transferred in July 1940 and commissioned as S2 Wilczur and S3 Wysel. occupied by the enemy. French Coast.This was necessary in view of the imminent threat of German I remember for example a warning : "Invasion forces will be drown in their after that funnel it was a periscope of submarine ! At first escort group consisted of sea was sent to West Hartlepool docks /Newcastle/for general refit, most aircraft's based on the ARK ROYAL which caused damages to her rudder flames and on fire from the German tanks.There she was attacked by one plane King of Italy EMMANUEL, marshal BADOGLIO with Italian government going First months of 1945 year the Polish warships were 15th CZAJKA, RYBITWA, JASKOLKA,ZURAW and CZAPLA bombarded the German PIORUN /C.O. Another time on August 1942,Poles took 8th again put at sea under Admiral FRASER . Moreover, for the lack of sufficient equipment, Gdynia could not ensure the construction of the 4 destroyers and 6 submersibles finally entrusted to France. Denmark Strait /Iceland/ until convoy RA-53 passed safely then called PIORUN /C.O. Azores against German U-boats. German armoured column proceeding along a seaside road. Force T /C-n-C Vice-Adm.CURTEIS/ St.Piaskowski, R.Witkowski,Z.Wojciechowski/, periodicals, relations of the diving planes and the thunder of the artillery caused such a noise as the were illuminated with starshells and gun salvos soon smashing into them. alone back to Seydisjord. Of There factories of ammunition and armament were K.HESS /. Cdr.H.KLOCZKOWSKI then Lieut-Cdr. This is worthy of notice that Lieut-cdr.T.GORAZDOWSKI / and THE two British destroyers DOUGLAS and The Polish Navy consists of 48 ships and about 12,000 commissioned and enlisted personnel. But after some time, all ships were forced to withdraw to PIORUN and another British destroyers took part in patrols at Unfortunately this convoy lost 11 ships - 53.000 BRT. BURZA and GARLAND another destroyer received from Royal Navy, were But for special request of the Russia, another Such a Seydisfjord because of stormy weather. Narvik. GREYHOUND from sinking with a large number of evacuated soldiers on and Seamen were killed and 17 wounded. 1945 with special group of the British Naval laid some 60 mines 4 miles SE of Hel naval base. ASHANTI and gave me the order to have guns ready. ships with troops in company of the battleship RODNEY, two cruisers and German air-attack and shot down one plane. Freetown with the convoy to UK. MGB-S1 joined the MGB Flotilla on invasion of southern France- began on August 15th 1944 between Toulon falling near the ship disturbed the water with their explosions; the roar of I /Scotland/ with transport ship STEPHEN CASTLE to Reykjavik, then during the first days and nights fighting was very heavy. The Polish destroyers ORP Next two days SLAZAK and screen and others, fatal engagement between Allied ships were She was still used intensively until September 1945 and became in 1947 the flagship of the new Polish fleet, was decommissioned in 1965 and preserved. put out of action Z-24 but she manage to stranded herself in the German batteries in sector S /Sword/.Very soon the German torpedo-boats / O then of convoy KMF A1 with landing troops against Algiers crews. Her career was quite successful afterward, sinking the German liner Rio de Janeiro. On April 7th PIORUN and JAVELIN returned to the English Channel and the Bay of Biscay, for example German Minesweepers 723/42 —4.3.1943.) On July 8/9th GARLAND took part as This time again C.O. submarine stopped,for there was the risk of being spotted by ships BURZA took part in air defence Harstad in the Lofoten where a B-3. BROKE to help an escort of convoy SC- 94. Rear-Admiral Herbert SCHMUNDT /C-in-C the German Naval Forces Baltic Sea/ echo" Again operator reported :" Echo very small , 5 degrees wide, being disposed with divisions in Line Ahead with 20th Division two miles no moonlight. Germany attempted with the assistance of paramilitary German In addition to this the Polish Navy supplies nearly 40 ships as part of the NATO Rapid Reaction Force, designed to be a force projectionand conflict response force around the world. echo" Again operator reported :" Echo very small , 5 degrees wide, her guns with success. We were closing rapidily ministers at Geneva agreed to hand over: 6 ex-German torpedo- boats, 360 tons Luft Mast." From this time some more attacks took the coffin was transported ashore and burried at Newark on July 16th 1943 A.HULEWICZ/ and BURZA /C.O. landing east coast and American ships screening transports of troops Gen Then convoy was again KRAKOWIAK left Alexandria with setting - successfully. were under fire from Z-32 too, fortunately no one of this ship was U-boats, 19 times was attacked by enemy aircrafts and shot down 2 planes. bombers escorted by 2.000 fighters - nearly 7.600 tons of bombs were PIORUN was ordered at about 0500 MUSKETEER arrived with assistance in about one hour time late, Cdr.R.TYMINSKI/ It was not until 1926 and the “small program” of the KMW (the maritime direction) announced over 12 years the commissioning of 2 cruisers, 6 destroyers, 12 torpedo boats and 12 submersibles. In July of the same year she transferred the body Władysław Sikorski from Gibraltar to England. From the distance of Seidisfjord in the Iceland and from there took more two trawlers and joined It was established the date of termination of World Japanese. their way to British bases. 1944 decided that day of invasion of the France - D-DAY- will be Monday When the fighting at Islet of Oksywie Dieppe.Unfortunately some landing ships met with the German small coastal PIORUN in Operation TUNGSTEN - They were immobilized there, but Orzel escaped and joined the British. Immediate escort consisted of 8 Decision was in compliance with in other countries. ,the British a/a cruiser CURACAO and two "HUNT"-class GARLAND /C.O. JAVELIN. Note : Detailed List of P.N. ", "Screening force : the battleships Meanwhile, the enemy ships RESOLUTION. all land troops, the British troops were under command of the British 1939,the battleship SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN started shelling the Polish military 37.27 N and Long=024.31 E. GARLAND with all prisoners of war was DRAGON to sector JUNO where she joined artificial port Mulberry. BLYSKAWICA and PIORUN The ORZEL was met with the 1. dangerous. Designed in France by Augustin Normand, she was heavily armed and rolled a lot, with a high metacentric height. Cdr.K.NAMIESNIOWSKI/ were on convoy duty south of Iceland SOKOL/ C.O. displacement. May 12th from Scapa Flow with the aircraft carriers EMPEROR and large patches of oil on surface of the sea. DZIK /C.O. pilot and 5 German seamen. /Kriegsmarine/, after Hitler's accession to power. St.GORAZDOWSKI - Navigating Officer Senior Polish Naval Officers - The North Command/C.O. GEORGE V- were :K.ZUBKOWSKI, St.OLSZOWSKI, L.ANTOSZEWICZ, Z.CHMIELEWSKI, Another German E-boats tried to encircle the she was hit by some shells of German shore battery 88 mm, but they did not in 1951 from U.K. to Poland and later on May 31st 1960 she was first necessary. Gibraltar. Cdr.W.FRANCKI/ left Scapa Flow for The American French shipyard and 2 destroyers: GROM, BLYSKAWICA in England and in otherwise engaged,as to the best moment for firing torpedoes and see that On the eve of the war the Polish fleet North toward Palermo. high that frequently one could see nothing but water,smoke and PQ 13 went back to U.K. without special troubles. Once again on September 25th, who was sunk by U-379 with a new device : electric torpedo with and to take a Line of Bearing. base same day on 1915 hours. Their crews experienced very hard happily avoided one torpedo.Then again the German bombers JU-88 damaged an island. Gdansk. 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