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    ORP Grom (English: Thunder) was a Project 30bis destroyer, sold to the People's Republic of Poland by the Soviet Union in 1957. She was built by the Zhdanov...
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    ORP Rybitwa was a Jaskółka-class minesweeper of the Polish Navy at the outset of World War II. Rybitwa participated in the defence of Poland during the...
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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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    Cruisers: ORP Dragon Dragoon – (British Danae class) ORP Conrad (British Danae class) Destroyers: ORP Wicher – Gale (Wicher class) sunk September 1939 ORP Burza...
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    ORP Żbik. He also served on ORP Wilia and ORP Wicher. Shortly before the start of World War II, he was transferred to the submarine ORP Wilk. During the Invasion...
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    SS Kościuszko (redirect from ORP Gdynia)
    before the Invasion of Poland. On 10 November 1939 she was commissioned as ORP Gdynia. Initially she was a troopship, but she was considered unsuitable...
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    Cruisers: ORP Dragon (Danae class) ORP Conrad (Danae class) Destroyers: ORP Burza ("Storm") (Wicher class) ORP Grom ("Thunder") (Grom class) – lost 1940 ORP Błyskawica...
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    Parkes, Oscar (1990) [1966]. British Battleships, Warrior 1860 to Vanguard 1950: A History of Design, Construction, and Armament (New & rev. ed.). Annapolis...
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    in strict observance of prize rules. The Polish destroyer ORP Wicher and the minelayer ORP Gryf are sunk in the Polish port of Hel by the Luftwaffe, making...
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    where he supervised the purchase of two relatively modern destroyers, Wicher and Burza. Upon their arrival in Poland, both were pressed into service...
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