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    the years 1926-39. ORP Kraków’s bell ORP Kraków during BALTOPS in August 2005. ORP Gniezno and ORP Kraków during BALTOPS 2017. ORP Kraków during BALTOPS...
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    ("ptaszki"– "Birds"): ORP Jaskółka – Swallow, sunk 1939 ORP Mewa – Seagull ORP Rybitwa – Tern ORP Czajka – Lapwing ORP Żuraw – Crane ORP Czapla – Heron Polish...
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    moderate economic development. The cultural hubs of interwar Poland – Warsaw, Kraków, Poznań, Wilno, and Lwów – became major European cities and the sites of...
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    second ship of the class, ORP Burza ("storm"), was not finished until 1932, almost four years after the initial deadline. ORP Wicher was sunk in the opening...
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    Gdynia (category 1926 in Poland)
    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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    would be at the expense of Poland. In response, Piłsudski sent the destroyer ORP Wicher into the harbour of Danzig. Though the issue was ostensibly about...
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    served as a depot ship for three years. After briefly returning to France in 1926, she was sold to the Polish Navy in 1927, which renamed the vessel Król Władysław...
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    part of World War II, the Royal Navy cruiser HMS Danae was rechristened ORP Conrad and served as part of the Polish Navy. Notwithstanding the undoubted...
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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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