SS ''Sołdek'' is a retired Polish coal and ore freighter. She was the first ship built in Gdańsk (

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) after

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and the first seagoing ship completed in Poland. She was the first of 29 ships classed as Project B30, built between 1949 and 1954 in ''Stocznia Gdańska'' (

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). The name was given in honour of Stanisław Sołdek, one of the shipyard's

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s. ''Sołde''k is oftently mistaken with the SS ''Oliwa'' (a former unfinished Hansa A type cargo ship), which was commissioned after ''Sołdek'', however which's hull was already constructed in 1944. It was abandoned by the Germans on a slipway in Szczecin, and seized by Poland. Following this the hull was completed and the ship launched as ''Oliwa''. Later she was renamed and entered service in 1951 as ''Marchlewski'', serving the

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. Many sources incorrectly state that ''Oliwa'' was ''Sołdek'''s makeshift name during her launch, and that she was later relaunched again as ''Sołdek''. The ship is currently preserved as a museum ship in Gdańsk, as a part of

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collection. The ship was used in the movie ''Persona Non Grata'' as a Japanese steamer transporting Jews from

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to Tsuraga.

Other B30 ships

Polish

*''Sołdek'' (shipyard number B30/1) *''Jedność Robotnicza'' (B30/2) *''Brygada Makowskiego'' (B30/3) *''1 Maj'' (B30/4) (sold to the USSR as ''Pervomaysk'') *''Pstrowski'' (B30/5) *''Wieczorek'' (B30/6)

Built for the USSR

#(B30/7) - ''Zaporozhe'' #(B30/8) - ''Krivoy Rog'' #(B30/9) - ''Kramatorsk'' #(B30/10) - ''Makeevka'' #(B30/11) - ''Gorlovka'' #(B30/12) - ''Novo- Shahtinsk'' #(B30/13) - ''Solikamsk'' #(B30/14) - ''Kurgan'' #(B30/15) - ''Zlatoust'' #(B30/16) - ''Minusinsk'' #(B30/17) - ''Pavlodar'' #(B30/18) - ''Jenakiyevo'' #(B30/19) - ''Nikitovka'' #(B30/20) - ''Novocherkassk'' #(B30/21) - ''Volnovacha'' #(B30/22) - ''Vitegra'' #(B30/23) - ''Tovda'' #(B30/24) - ''Kalar'' #(B30/25) - ''Azovstal'' #(B30/26) - ''Tkvarcheli'' #(B30/27) - ''Zangenzur'' #(B30/28) - ''Malaia Zemlia'' #(B30/29) - ''Pereyeslav Khmielnitsky'' A number of B-30 ships saw service for the Soviet Navy, as auxiliary vessels (e. g. transports), including the "Tovda" and the "Vitegra". Corresponding data (including side plan) can be found i. a. in Weyer's Flottentaschenbuch 1971/72.

References

External links

The museum-ship "Soldek"

Gallery

File:Machine telegraph receiver.jpg, Chadburn in engine room of ''Sołdek'' File:Soldek radar 03.jpg, Radar of ''Sołdek'' (1) File:Stanislaw soldek.jpg, Stanisław Sołdek, the person the ship was named after File:Soldek radar 01.jpg, Radar of ''Sołdek'' (2) File:Soldek mapa rejsow.jpg,

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