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Coastal Artillery Division (Poland)
The Coastal Artillery Division (Polish: Dywizjon Artylerii Nadbrzeżnej) - a coastal artillery unit of the Polish Army in the Second Polish Republic stationed in the Hel Fortified Area. The division fought in defend Hel in 1939 during the Third Reich's invasion of Poland. Formation and organizational changes Since 1933, there were plans to expand the previously existing coastal artillery company, which gathered the previously existing coastal artillery platoons. Due to the above, in the spring of 1935, the company was transformed into a cadre battery, to which the coastal artillery unit formed in Oksywie was incorporated to staff the future artillery battery No. 31. On June 25, 1935, by order of the Minister of Military Affairs L.dz.2621/Tj.org., the Coastal Artillery Division (DAN) was created. The organizational structure of the division was as follows: * Division command (8 officers, 80 NCOs and privates, and 2 civilian employees), * Artillery battery no. 1 (newly formed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ORP Gryf
Three warships of the Polish Navy have borne the name ORP ''Gryf'', named after the Polish word for griffon: * , a large minelayer launched in 1936 and notable for her role during the Invasion of Poland in 1939. She was sunk in Hel harbour by German planes on 3 September 1939. * , a school and hospital ship of the Polish Navy, launched in 1944 as the German ship ''Irene Oldendorff'' and acquired in 1950 by the Polish Navy. Rebuilt as a school and hospital ship, she was initially named ORP ''Zetempowiec'', being renamed ''Gryf'' in 1957. She was decommissioned in 1976 but continued in use as a heating barge and accommodation ship A barracks ship or barracks barge or berthing barge, or in civilian use accommodation vessel or accommodation ship, is a ship or a non-self-propelled barge containing a superstructure of a type suitable for use as a temporary barracks for sai .... * , a school and hospital ship of the Polish Navy. She was launched in 1976 as a replacement for the ear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
