List of ships of the Polish Navy
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Frigates

  • Oliver Hazard Perry class
    Oliver Hazard Perry class frigate
    The Oliver Hazard Perry class is a class of frigates named after the American Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, the hero of the naval Battle of Lake Erie...

    • ORP Generał Kazimierz Pułaski (272)
    • ORP Generał Tadeusz Kościuszko (273)

Corvettes

  • Kaszub class
    • ORP Kaszub
      ORP Kaszub (1987)
      ORP Kaszub is a corvette of the Polish Navy, in service since 1987, the sole ship of the Project 620 class. She was the first ocean-going warship built in Poland. As of 2009 she is in active service....

       (240)
  • Tarantul I class
    Tarantul class corvette
    The Project 1241.1 Molniya are a class of Soviet missile corvettes. They have the NATO reporting name Tarantul...

    • ORP Metalowiec (436)
    • ORP Rolnik
      ORP Rolnik
      ORP Rolnik is a Polish Navy missile ....

       (437)

Fast Attack Craft Missile

  • Orkan class
    Orkan class
    The Orkan class or projekt 660 is series of three fast attack craft of the Polish Navy, in service since 1992.-History:...

     (Sassnitz class)
    • ORP Orkan (241)
    • ORP Piorun (242)
    • ORP Grom
      ORP Grom (1995)
      ORP Grom is an Orkan-class fast attack craft , sister ship of Orkan and Piorun.The original project was prepared by the German Democratic Republic for its navy and was named Project 660...

       (243)

Submarines

  • Kilo class 
    • ORP Orzeł (291)

  • Kobben class
    • ORP Sokół (294)
    • ORP Sęp (295)
    • ORP Bielik
      ORP Bielik (Kobben class)
      ORP Bielik, formerly HNoMS Svenner , is one of four s in service with the Polish Navy. The vessel and its sister ships were built in the period 1964 - 67 by Rheinstahl Nordseewerke GmbH in Emden, West Germany for the Royal Norwegian Navy...

       (296)
    • ORP Kondor (297)

Minehunters/Minesweepers

  • Project 206FM
    206FM
    Minehunters 206 FM class were built in former "Komuny Paryskiej" shipyard .- Armament :*underwater vehicle*missile/artillery system*2 SAM launchers***chaff launchers*depth charges -External links:*...

    • ORP Flaming (621)
    • ORP Mewa
      ORP Mewa
      ORP Mewa was a of the Polish Navy at the outset of World War II. Mewa participated in the defense of Poland during the Nazi German invasion of 1939. The ship was damaged on 1 September 1939 by a Nazi bomb. On 3 September she was again hit by bombs and sank. The ship was later refloated and...

       (623)
    • ORP Czajka
      ORP Czajka
      ORP Czajka was a Jaskółka class minesweeper of the Polish Navy at the outset of World War II. It was built by the riverine shipyard at Modlin. Czajka participated in the defense of Poland during the Nazi German invasion of 1939....

       (624)

  • Gardno class
    • ORP Gardno (631)
    • ORP Bukowo (632)
    • ORP Dąbie (633)
    • ORP Jamno (634)
    • ORP Mielno (635)
    • ORP Wicko (636)
    • ORP Resko (637)
    • ORP Sarbsko (638)
    • ORP Necko (639)
    • ORP Nakło (640)
    • ORP Drużno (641)
    • ORP Hańcza (642)

  • Mamry class
    • ORP Mamry (643)
    • ORP Wigry (644)
    • ORP Śniardwy (645)
    • ORP Wdzydze (646)

Transport Mine-Layers

  • Lublin class
    Lublin class
    The Lublin class or projekt 767 are minelayer-landing ships designed and built in Poland for the Polish Navy, in service since 1989. Only 5 out of 12 planned ships were built by Northern Shipyard in Gdańsk due to Fall of Communism. They can carry up to 9 T-72 MBT or 17 transport vehicles like Star...

     
    • ORP Lublin (821)
    • ORP Gniezno (822)
    • ORP Kraków (823)
    • ORP Poznań
      ORP Poznań
      ORP Poznań is a Lublin-class minelayer-landing ship of Polish Navy named after the city of Poznań. The ship was commissioned on 8 March 1991 and incorporated into the 2nd Minelaying and Transport Unit of the 8th Coastal Defence Flotilla based in Świnoujście...

       (824)
    • ORP Toruń (825)

Salvage Ships

  • Piast class
    • ORP Piast (281)
    • ORP Lech (282)

  • Zbyszko class
    • ORP Zbyszko (R-14)
    • ORP Maćko (R-15)

Auxiliaries

  • Kontradmiral Xawery Czernicki class
    • ORP Kontradmirał Xawery Czernicki (511)

  • Baltyk class
    • ORP Bałtyk (Z-1)

  • Heweliusz class (Modified Finik class)
    • ORP Heweliusz
      ORP Heweliusz
      ORP Heweliusz is a survey ship of the Polish Navy of the Projekt 874 class, known as modified Finik class in NATO code. She was launched on 11 September 1981 and commissioned on 27 November 1982....

       (265)
    • ORP Arctowski
      ORP Arctowski
      ORP Arctowski is a survey ship of the Polish Navy. Launched in 1982 in Poland, she is the lead ship of the Projekt 874 class, known as modified Finnik class in NATO code. She is the sister ship of ORP Heweliusz....

       (266)

  • Moma class
    • ORP Kopernik (261)
  • Nawigator class (Modified Moma class)
    • ORP Nawigator (262)
    • ORP Hydrograf (263)

Training Ships

  • Wodnik class
    • ORP Wodnik (251)
    • ORP Gryf

  • Podchorąży class
    • ORP Podchorąży (711)
    • ORP Kadet (712)
    • ORP Elew (713)

  • Iskra class
    • ORP Iskra (II) (253)

Warsaw Pact

  • Kotlin class destroyer
    • ORP Warszawa (56)
  • Mod Kashin class destroyer
    Mod Kashin class destroyer
    The Modified Kashin class were six ships built and modified based on the Kashin class destroyer for the Soviet Navy between 1973 to 1980. Seven more ships were built after that for the Indian Navy. The Soviet designation for the Mod Kashin is Project 61MP.-Added Equipment:The main addition to the...

    • ORP Warszawa (271)
  • Foxtrot class submarine
    Foxtrot class submarine
    The Foxtrot class was the NATO reporting name of a class of diesel-electric patrol submarines that were built in the Soviet Union. The Soviet designation of this class was Project 641....

    • ORP Wilk
      ORP Wilk
      ORP Wilk was the lead boat of her class of mine-laying submarines of the Polish Navy. The ship saw service in the Polish Navy from 1931 to 1951. Her name meant "Wolf" in Polish.-History:...

       (292)
    • ORP Dzik
      ORP Dzik
      ORP Dzik was a U-class submarine built by Vickers-Armstrong at Barrow-in-Furness. She was laid down on 30 December 1941 as P-52 for the Royal Navy, but was transferred to the Polish Navy during construction. Launched on November 11, 1942, ORP Dzik was commissioned into the Polish Navy on December...

       (293)
  • Osa class missile boat
    Osa class missile boat
    The Project 205 Tsunami, more commonly known by their NATO reporting name Osa, are a class of missile boats developed for the Soviet Navy in the early 1960s. The Osas are probably the most numerous class of missile boats ever built, with over 400 vessels constructed for both the Soviet Navy and for...

    • ORP Hel (421)
    • ORP Gdańsk (422)
    • ORP Gdynia (423)
    • ORP Kołobrzeg (424)
    • ORP Szczecin (425)
    • ORP Elbląg (426)
    • ORP Puck (427)
    • ORP Ustka (428)
    • ORP Oksywie (429)
    • ORP Darłowo (430)
    • ORP Świnoujście (431)
    • ORP Dziwnów (432)
    • ORP Władysławowo (433)
  • Tarantul I class corvette
    Tarantul class corvette
    The Project 1241.1 Molniya are a class of Soviet missile corvettes. They have the NATO reporting name Tarantul...

    • ORP Górnik (434)
    • ORP Hutnik (435)
  • Hansa A type
    • ORP Zetempowiec, later renamed Gryf

Ships built and used before the War

  • Gryf class
    • ORP Gryf
    • ORP Wicher
    • ORP Burza
      ORP Burza
      ORP Burza was a of the Polish Navy which saw action in World War II.-History:ORP Burza was ordered on 2 April 1926 from the French shipyard Chantiers Naval Francais together with her sister ship Wicher...

    • ORP Grom
    • ORP Błyskawica
    • ORP Orzeł
      ORP Orzeł
      Three boats of the Polish Navy have been named ORP Orzeł :* ORP Orzeł was an commissioned in 1939 and lost in 1940.* ORP Orzeł was a commissioned in 1962 and decommissioned in 1983....

    • ORP Sęp
      ORP Sep
      For the second ORP Sęp serving in the Polish Navy since 2002, see ORP Sęp .ORP Sęp was a serving in the Polish Navy during World War II. In Polish her name means Vulture.-Construction:...

    • ORP Wilk
      ORP Wilk
      ORP Wilk was the lead boat of her class of mine-laying submarines of the Polish Navy. The ship saw service in the Polish Navy from 1931 to 1951. Her name meant "Wolf" in Polish.-History:...

    • ORP Ryś
      ORP Rys
      ORP Ryś was a which saw service in the Polish Navy from 1931 to 1955. Her name meant Lynx in Polish.-History:Ryś was laid down in 1927 in Nantes, France; launched in 1929; and entered service in 1932. When World War II began on September 1, 1939, she took part in the Worek Plan for the defense...

    • ORP Żbik
      ORP Zbik
      ORP Żbik was a which saw service in the Polish Navy from 1932 to 1955. Her name means "wildcat" in Polish.Żbik was laid down in 1927 in Caen, launched in 1930, and entered service in 1932. When World War II began on 1 September 1939, she took part in the Worek Plan for the defense of the Polish...

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    • ORP Jaskółka
    • ORP Rybitwa
      ORP Rybitwa
      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 Nazi German invasion of 1939. The ship was damaged by a German bomb on 14 September 1939...

    • ORP Mewa
      ORP Mewa
      ORP Mewa was a of the Polish Navy at the outset of World War II. Mewa participated in the defense of Poland during the Nazi German invasion of 1939. The ship was damaged on 1 September 1939 by a Nazi bomb. On 3 September she was again hit by bombs and sank. The ship was later refloated and...

    • ORP Czajka
      ORP Czajka
      ORP Czajka was a Jaskółka class minesweeper of the Polish Navy at the outset of World War II. It was built by the riverine shipyard at Modlin. Czajka participated in the defense of Poland during the Nazi German invasion of 1939....

    • ORP Żuraw
      ORP Żuraw
      ORP Żuraw was a of the Polish Navy at the outset of World War II. Żuraw participated in the defense of Poland during the German invasion of 1939.-Construction and service 1939:...

    • ORP Czapla
    • ORP Komendant Piłsudski
    • ORP Generał Haller

Planned and in construction

  • Improved Grom class
    Grom class destroyer (1939)
    The improved Grom-class destroyers of 1939 were the third and fourth planned ships of the Grom class of destroyers ordered for the Polish Navy shortly before World War II. They were to be built in Poland, the first destroyers so constructed, and were to be named Huragan and Orkan , respectively...

     destroyer
    Destroyer
    In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against smaller, powerful, short-range attackers. Destroyers, originally called torpedo-boat destroyers in 1892, evolved from...

    • ORP Huragan
    • ORP Orkan

Ships which got to Great Britain
Great Britain
Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...

    • ORP Burza
      ORP Burza
      ORP Burza was a of the Polish Navy which saw action in World War II.-History:ORP Burza was ordered on 2 April 1926 from the French shipyard Chantiers Naval Francais together with her sister ship Wicher...

    • ORP Grom
    • ORP Błyskawica
    • ORP Orzeł
      ORP Orzeł
      Three boats of the Polish Navy have been named ORP Orzeł :* ORP Orzeł was an commissioned in 1939 and lost in 1940.* ORP Orzeł was a commissioned in 1962 and decommissioned in 1983....

    • ORP Wilk
      ORP Wilk
      ORP Wilk was the lead boat of her class of mine-laying submarines of the Polish Navy. The ship saw service in the Polish Navy from 1931 to 1951. Her name meant "Wolf" in Polish.-History:...


Ships lent to PMW (Polish Navy
Polish Navy
The Marynarka Wojenna Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej - MW RP Polish Navy, is the branch of Republic of Poland Armed Forces responsible for naval operations...

) during the war

  • Danae class
    Danae class cruiser
    The Danae or D-class was a class of light cruiser built for the Royal Navy at the end of World War I and that survived to see service in World War II.-Design:...

    • ORP Dragon
    • ORP Conrad
  • G class
    G and H class destroyer
    The G- and H-class destroyers were a class of twenty-four destroyers of the Royal Navy launched in 1935–1939. They served in World War II and sixteen were lost, with a seventeenth being written off as a constructive total loss...

    • ORP Garland
      ORP Garland
      HMS Garland, also known by her Polish designation ORP Garland, was a G-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy in the mid-1930s. During the Spanish Civil War of 1936–1939 the ship spent considerable time in Spanish waters, enforcing the arms blockade imposed by Britain and France on both sides of...

  • M class
    L and M class destroyer
    The L and M class was a class of sixteen destroyers which served in the British Royal Navy during World War II. The ships of the class were launched between 1939 and 1942.-Design details:...

    • ORP Orkan
  • N class
    • ORP Piorun
  • Hunt class
    Hunt class destroyer
    The Hunt class was a class of Destroyer escort of the Royal Navy. The first vessels were ordered early in 1939, and the class saw extensive service in World War II, particularly on the British East Coast and Mediterranean convoys. They were named after British fox hunts...

    • ORP Kujawiak
      ORP Kujawiak
      The ORP Kujawiak was a British Hunt-class destroyer escort, formerly named the HMS Oakley. It was laid down on 22 November 1939 and launched on 30 October 1940. It was commissioned to the Polish Navy in June 1941. The destroyer was sunk on 16 June 1942 after running into a mine near Malta while...

    • ORP Ślązak
    • ORP Krakowiak
      ORP Krakowiak
      ORP Krakowiak was a British Hunt II-class destroyer escort, used by the Polish Navy during World War II. Initially built for the Royal Navy, it bore the name of HMS Silverton during British use..-History:...

  • Bourrasque class
    • Okręt Francuski Ouragan
  • S class
    United States S class submarine
    The United States' S-class submarines, often simply called S-boats , were the first class of submarines built to a United States Navy design....

    • ORP Jastrząb
      ORP Jastrzab
      ORP Jastrząb was an old Holland-type S-class submarine, originally of the United States Navy, in Polish service between 1941 and 1942, when she was lost to friendly fire....

  • U class
    British U class submarine
    The British U class submarines were a class of 49 small submarines built just before and during the Second World War...

    • ORP Dzik
      ORP Dzik
      ORP Dzik was a U-class submarine built by Vickers-Armstrong at Barrow-in-Furness. She was laid down on 30 December 1941 as P-52 for the Royal Navy, but was transferred to the Polish Navy during construction. Launched on November 11, 1942, ORP Dzik was commissioned into the Polish Navy on December...

    • ORP Sokół
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