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SS Soldek was the Polish ship - coal and ore freighter. She was the first ship built in Poland after the World War II (and the first sea-going ship completed in Poland as well). She was the first of 29 ships Project B30 type, built in 1949 - 1954 in Stocznia Gdańska (Gdańsk Shipyard). The name was given in a honour of Stanisław Sołdek, one of the Shipyard’s outstanding workers.



The ship is currently preserved as a museum ship in Gdańsk.

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The Dar Pomorza is a Polish sailing frigate, currently preserved in Gdynia as a museum ship.

She was laid down on 18 … all » September 1909 as the German training ship Prinzess Eitel Friedrich. In 1919 she was seized by the French. She was supposed to be renamed Colbert and used as a training ship, but was not activated.


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ORP Błyskawica was Grom-class destroyer serving in the Polish Navy during World War II, currently preserved as a museum … all » ship in Gdynia. It is the only ship of the Polish Navy awarded with the Virtuti Militari medal. She was the latter of two Grom-class destroyers, built for the Polish Navy by J. Samuel White, Cowes. The name means Lightning. The two Groms were some of the most heavily-armed destroyers on the seas before World War II.


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