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    ORP Burza was a Wicher-class destroyer of the Polish Navy which saw action in World War II. ORP Burza (squall or storm) was ordered on 2 April 1926 from...
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    copy of the British type 291 radar set. In September 1955, ORP Błyskawica along with ORP Burza paid a courtesy visit to Portsmouth, England. In July 1957...
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  • Gryf class ORP Gryf Wicher-class destroyer ORP Wicher ORP Burza Grom-class destroyer ORP Grom ORP Błyskawica Orzeł-class submarine ORP Orzeł ORP Sęp Wilk-class...
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    World War II. Despite having ordered its previous pair of destroyers (ORP Burza and ORP Wicher) from France, a country with which it had strong ties, Poland...
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  • bandery na ORP Kormoran" (in Polish). Dziennik Zbrojny. 30 November 2017. Retrieved 18 August 2023. "Pierwsze podniesienie bandery na ORP Mewa" (in Polish)...
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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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    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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    father, 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...
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    ORP Grom was the lead ship of her class of destroyers serving in the Polish Navy during World War II. She was named after the Polish word for Thunderbolt...
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    World War II, he served as an artillery officer on the ORP Burza, OF Ouragan, ORP Krakowiak, and ORP Piorun. He participated in various combat missions,...
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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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    (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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    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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    with the Polish destroyer ORP Burza outside the harbour. All but two Dutch workers were left ashore in Norway. From Burza the submarine received additional...
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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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    Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej (ORP) ORP Burza bombarded shore targets. The Ju 87 Stuka units made a maximum effort during the day, Wessex was sunk and Burza was damaged...
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    ORP Wicher, the lead ship of the Wicher class, was a Polish Navy destroyer. She saw combat in the Invasion of Poland, which began World War II in Europe...
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    ORP Burza – Storm (Wicher class) ORP Grom – Thunder (Grom class) sunk 1940 ORP Błyskawica – Lightning (Grom class) ORP Garland (British G class) ORP Orkan...
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  • submarines for the French Navy between 1924 and 1933 and the destroyers ORP Wicher and ORP Burza for the Polish Navy. The yard closed in 1954. Winklareth, Robert...
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    gunners, and 205 passengers were picked up by the destroyers HMS Echo and ORP Burza, and the anti-submarine trawler HMS Cape Arcona. A skeleton crew remained...
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    The Marynarka ended up with the two French-built destroyers, ORP Wicher and the ORP Burza together with the French-built submarines Wilk, Żbik, and Ryś...
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  • HelloMonaco. Retrieved 2024-01-02. "Blyskawica – History". Friends of the ORP Blyskawica. Retrieved 17 September 2016. "Dar Pomorza". National Maritime...
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    other large surface ships of the Polish Navy, destroyers ORP Błyskawica, ORP Burza and ORP Grom, were successfully evacuated shortly before the war started...
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    head a commission supervising the construction of ORP Burza, ORP Wicher, ORP Wilk, ORP Ryś and ORP Żbik in France. Promoted to the rank of Komandor, he...
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  • Peking. These included ORP Burza under Lt. Cmdr. Stanisław Nahorski, ORP Błyskawica under Lt. Cmdr. Włodzimierz Kodrębski and ORP Grom under Lt. Cmdr. Aleksander...
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    HMS Whitehall, and HMS Wrestler, and the Polish Navy destroyers ORP Garland and ORP Burza in forming the 8th Support Group to escort military convoys to...
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    evacuation from the beaches of Dunkirk Polish Navy Wicher-class destroyer ORP Burza There had been no military burials for a generation by the outbreak of...
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    U-606, having sustained heavy damage inflicted by the Polish destroyer ORP Burza, surfaced in the midst of the convoy attempting a surface attack. Campbell...
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  • 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...
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    equipment to Polish ships built in England, military units (destroyers ORP Wicher, ORP Burza) or civilian ones (passenger ships MS Batory, MS Piłsudski). In...
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