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    ORP Błyskawica (Lightning) is a Grom-class destroyer which served in the Polish Navy during World War II. She is the only Polish Navy ship to have been...
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    ship ORP Błyskawica translates to lightning. Grom was thought of as a large destroyer, similar to flotilla leaders. She and sister ship ORP Błyskawica were...
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  • the title Błyskawica. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Błyskawica - in Polish:...
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  • museum ship ORP Błyskawica (H34). Kotlin-class destroyer ORP Warszawa (56) Mod Kashin-class destroyer ORP Warszawa (271) Skoryy-class destroyer ORP Grom (273)...
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    kmdr Bolesław Sokołowski. On 30 August 1939 the Polish destroyers ORP Burza, Błyskawica and Grom were ordered to execute the Peking Plan, and the warships...
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    those used previously on the minelayer ORP Gryf. The approximate cost for the refurbishing of the ORP Blyskawica was around 650 million zlotys.[clarification...
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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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    IV) was destroyer ORP Błyskawica, probably the only warship in the world to be awarded the highest-ranking national medal. Błyskawica Recipients of Class...
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    the Great-class destroyers.  Polish Navy has the Grom-class destroyer ORP Błyskawica which remains ceremonially in commission due to her historical significance...
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    of the ship's commander. The Friends of the ORP Błyskawica Society is active in Cowes. There is a Błyskawica Memorial. Industry in both Cowes and East Cowes...
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    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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    (the Peking Plan). On 30 August 1939, three destroyers, (ORP Błyskawica, ORP Grom, and ORP Burza) sailed to the British naval base at Leith in Scotland...
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    only dreadnought battleship that is preserved. The Polish destroyer ORP Błyskawica: currently preserved as a museum ship in Gdynia. German submarine U-995...
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    Storm (Wicher class) ORP Grom – Thunder (Grom class) sunk 1940 ORP Błyskawica – Lightning (Grom class) ORP Garland (British G class) ORP Orkan – Windstorm...
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    Bolesław, was an able seaman of the Polish Navy and served on ORP Burza and ORP Błyskawica on which he came to England and later joined the Royal Navy....
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    Grom ("Thunder") (Grom class) – lost 1940 ORP Błyskawica ("Lightning") (Grom class) ORP Garland (G-class) ORP Orkan (M-class), - torpedoed October 1943 OF...
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  • fictionalised Polish Grom-class destroyer ORP Viktor was based on scans taken of the real Grom-class destroyer ORP Błyskawica, a museum ship in Gdynia, Poland...
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  • Destroyers ORP Błyskawica ORP Grom ORP Burza ORP Wicher ORP Garland ORP Orkan ORP Huragan ORP Piorun Escort Destroyers ORP Krakowiak ORP Kujawiak ORP Ślązak...
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    attractions such as the beach, boardwalk and retired Polish WWII naval ship ORP Błyskawica (lightning) are all within walking distance. Construction commenced...
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    of Canadian-built) 8 auxiliary AA defence ships Some landing ships ORP Błyskawica (Polish) HNLMS Jacob van Heemskerck (Dutch) HNLMS Isaac Sweers (Dutch)...
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    ISBN 978-0-7183-0203-0. "Błyskawica: A Brief History of the Ship". www.blyskawica-cowes.org.uk. Friends of the ORP Błyskawica Society. Retrieved 24 October...
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  • Flotilla (HMS Tartar, Ashanti, Eskimo, Javelin, HMCS Haida, Huron, and ORP Błyskawica, Piorun). In the night action, ZH1 was torpedoed and sunk by Ashanti...
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    sank U-971;Haida rescued six survivors. On 14/15 July 1944, Haida and ORP Błyskawica intercepted a group of German ships in the Île de Groix area near Lorient...
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    HMS Danae (D44) (redirect from ORP Conrad)
    training tasks with ships of the Polish Navy, including ORP Burza, ORP Błyskawica, ORP Piorun, and ORP Garland. On 8 March 1946 the ships were decommissioned...
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  • (Canadian) USS Amesbury USS Baldwin USS Barton HMS Beagle HMS Bleasdale ORP Błyskawica HMS Boadicea (torpedoed and sunk 13 June) HMCS Cape Breton (Canadian)...
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    ships with a total of 16,669 gross register tons (GRT). An attack on ORP Błyskawica on 20 April 1940, however, was unsuccessful as the torpedoes malfunctioned...
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    ORP Piorun and ORP Błyskawica. Jones decided to split his flotilla in two; the 19th Division consisted of the Eskimo, Javelin, Piorun and Błyskawica,...
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  • BRP Teresa Magbanua Patrol ship Polish Navy (Ceremonial) ORP Błyskawica Destroyer Błyskawica is Poland's ceremonial flagship, with an active duty crew...
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  • Maurice Préchac 1 submarine – Rubis 3 destroyers – ORP Błyskawica, Burza, Grom (sunk 4 May) 1 submarine – ORP Orzeł (sunk 8 June) 3 troopships – Chrobry (damaged...
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    Grodzisko in Sopot and Skansen in Wolin. There are also the Dar Pomorza, ORP Błyskawica and SS Sołdek museum ships. Several museums devoted to World War II...
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