Initially the ship was to be renamed to either "ORP Wilno" or "ORP Lwów", after the cities of Wilno (Vilnius) and Lwów (Lviv). This was seen as controversial...

river monitor (Capt. Jerzy Wojciechowski) ORP Wilno river monitor (Capt. Edmund Jodkowski) ORP Zuchwała gunboat ORP Zaradna gunboat KU 16 (KU being an acronym...

("ptaszki"– "Birds"): ORP Jaskółka – Swallow, sunk 1939 ORP Mewa – Seagull ORP Rybitwa – Tern ORP Czajka – Lapwing ORP Żuraw – Crane ORP Czapla – Heron Polish...

Cruisers: ORP Dragon (Danae class) ORP Conrad (Danae class) Destroyers: ORP Burza ("Storm") (Wicher class) ORP Grom ("Thunder") (Grom class) – lost 1940 ORP Błyskawica...

State Description ORP Wilno  Polish Navy World War II: The Kraków-class river monitor was scuttled near Osabowicze to avoid capture. ORP Zaradna  Polish...

and Wilno Voivodeships (until 1926 Wilno Land) as well as in parts of the Białystok Voivodeship (Grodno and Wołkowysk Counties). In the part of Wilno Voivodeship...

rail station bomb attack August 30. The Polish destroyers ORP Burza, ORP Błyskawica and ORP Grom are ordered to execute the Peking Plan, and the warships...

Bleasdale Brocklesby Calpe - Headquarters ship Fernie - reserve HQ ship Garth ORP Ślązak (Polish Navy) HMS Locust - gun boat, "Cutting Out Force" carrying...

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...

Piłsudski became even in his lifetime to a namesake of the Polish Navy's gunboat ORP "Komendant Piłsudski" and of the motor transatlantic liner "Piłsudski". The...