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href="/wiki/Order_of_battle" title="Order of battle">order of battle</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Polish_Navy" title="Polish Navy">Polish Navy</a></b> prior to the outbreak of <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Poland_(1939)" class="mw-redirect" title="Invasion of Poland (1939)">Polish Defensive War</a> of 1939. Following World War I, Poland's shoreline was relatively short and included no major seaports. In the 1920s and 1930s, such ports were built in <a href="/wiki/Gdynia" title="Gdynia">Gdynia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hel,_Poland" title="Hel, Poland">Hel</a>, and the Polish Navy underwent a modernisation program under the leadership of <a href="/wiki/Counter-Admiral" class="mw-redirect" title="Counter-Admiral">Counter-Admiral</a> <a href="/wiki/J%C3%B3zef_Unrug" title="Józef Unrug">Józef Unrug</a> (Commanding Officer of the Fleet) and Vice-Admiral <a href="/wiki/Jerzy_%C5%9Awirski" title="Jerzy Świrski">Jerzy Świrski</a> (Chief of Naval Staff). Ships were acquired from France, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom, and the navy was to be able to secure the Polish supply lines in case of a war against the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a>. By September 1939 the Polish Navy consisted of 5 submarines, 4 destroyers, and various support vessels and mine-warfare ships. </p><p>This force was no match for the large German Navy, and so a strategy of harassment and indirect engagement was implemented. Lacking numerical superiority, Polish naval commanders decided to execute the <a href="/wiki/Peking_Plan" title="Peking Plan">Peking Plan</a>, an operation to withdraw most of the naval vessels to British ports, from where the ships were to secure convoys with aid for Poland, either bound for Gdynia or Constanca in Romania. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Peace-time_organization">Peace-time organization</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Polish_Navy_order_of_battle_in_1939&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Peace-time organization"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Polish_Navy" title="Polish Navy">Polish Navy</a> was organized into a <a href="/wiki/Warsaw" title="Warsaw">Warsaw</a>-based Naval Command, subordinate to the Commander in Chief of the Polish forces, and several naval and riverine bases and flotillas. The navy was commanded by Counter Admiral <a href="/wiki/J%C3%B3zef_Unrug" title="Józef Unrug">Józef Unrug</a> and his Chief of Naval Staff <a href="/wiki/Jerzy_%C5%9Awirski" title="Jerzy Świrski">Jerzy Świrski</a>. Apart from its bases, the navy also commanded the <a href="/wiki/Westerplatte" title="Westerplatte">Westerplatte</a> Transit Wharf, an extraterritorial base and depot in the <a href="/wiki/Free_City_of_Danzig" title="Free City of Danzig">Free City of Danzig</a>, commanded by <a href="/wiki/Henryk_Sucharski" title="Henryk Sucharski">Henryk Sucharski</a> and <a href="/wiki/Franciszek_D%C4%85browski" title="Franciszek Dąbrowski">Franciszek Dąbrowski</a>. The naval bases included: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gdynia" title="Gdynia">Gdynia</a>-<a href="/wiki/Oksywie" title="Oksywie">Oksywie</a> kmdr por. <a href="/w/index.php?title=Mieczys%C5%82aw_Adamowicz&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mieczysław Adamowicz (page does not exist)">Mieczysław Adamowicz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hel,_Poland" title="Hel, Poland">Hel</a> kmdr <a href="/wiki/W%C5%82odzimierz_Steyer" title="Włodzimierz Steyer">Włodzimierz Steyer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Puck,_Poland" title="Puck, Poland">Puck</a> Naval air base (2 squadrons and 1 support air group under kmdr por. pil. <a href="/w/index.php?title=Edward_Szystowski&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Edward Szystowski (page does not exist)">Edward Szystowski</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gdynia" title="Gdynia">Gdynia</a> Naval Officers' School</li></ul> <p>The navy itself was divided onto four <a href="/wiki/Flotilla" title="Flotilla">flotillas</a>: </p> <ul><li>Destroyer flotilla under Lieutenant Commander <a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Stankiewicz&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Roman Stankiewicz (page does not exist)">Roman Stankiewicz</a></li> <li>Submarine flotilla under Counter Admiral <a href="/wiki/Adam_Mohuczy" title="Adam Mohuczy">Adam Mohuczy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pi%C5%84sk" class="mw-redirect" title="Pińsk">Pińsk</a> river flotilla under Commander <a href="/w/index.php?title=Witold_Zaj%C4%85czkowski&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Witold Zajączkowski (page does not exist)">Witold Zajączkowski</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vistula" title="Vistula">Vistula</a> river detachment under Lieutenant Commander <a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_Kanafoyski&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Roman Kanafoyski (page does not exist)">Roman Kanafoyski</a></li></ul> <p>Finally, under the influence of French maritime traditions the Naval Officers' School in Gdynia (under Captain <a href="/wiki/Tadeusz_Morgenstern-Podjazd" title="Tadeusz Morgenstern-Podjazd">Tadeusz Morgenstern-Podjazd</a>) was considered a separate naval base. It used a variety of <a href="/wiki/School_ship" class="mw-redirect" title="School ship">school ships</a>, including most of the Polish surface vessels. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="War-time_organization">War-time organization</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Polish_Navy_order_of_battle_in_1939&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: War-time organization"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Prior to the outbreak of <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, on July 10, 1939, the defence of the Polish <a href="/wiki/Pomerania" title="Pomerania">Pomerania</a> was reorganized into two separate commands under the leadership of Counter Admiral Unrug. The Land Coastal Command (<i>Lądowa Obrona Wybrzeża</i>, also translated as Land Coastal Defence) and Naval Coastal Command (<i>Morska Obrona Wybrzeża</i>, also translated as Naval Coastal Defence) formed the Coastal Defence Group (<i>Grupa Obrony Wybrzeża</i>). They were supported by the <a href="/wiki/Naval_Air_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="Naval Air Squadron">Naval Air Squadron</a> (<i>Morski Dywizjon Lotniczy</i>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Land_Coastal_Command">Land Coastal Command</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Polish_Navy_order_of_battle_in_1939&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Land Coastal Command"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Land_Coastal_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="Land Coastal Command">Land Coastal Command</a> (<i>Lądowa Obrona Wybrzeża</i>, LOW), subordinate to the <a href="/wiki/Toru%C5%84" title="Toruń">Toruń</a>-based military area command led by General <a href="/wiki/W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_Bortnowski" title="Władysław Bortnowski">Władysław Bortnowski</a>, was led by Colonel <a href="/w/index.php?title=J%C3%B3zef_Sass-Hoszowski&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Józef Sass-Hoszowski (page does not exist)">Józef Sass-Hoszowski</a> and, since July 23, by Colonel <a href="/wiki/Stanis%C5%82aw_D%C4%85bek" title="Stanisław Dąbek">Stanisław Dąbek</a>. It was to organize the defence of the Polish seashore, the borders with <a href="/wiki/Nazi_Germany" title="Nazi Germany">Nazi Germany</a> and <a href="/wiki/Free_City_of_Danzig" title="Free City of Danzig">Free City of Danzig</a>, as well as to prepare the defence of the Polish naval bases and the <a href="/wiki/Westerplatte" title="Westerplatte">Westerplatte</a> outpost in Danzig. </p><p>As it was clear that the Polish defenders of the so-called <a href="/wiki/Polish_Corridor" title="Polish Corridor">Polish Corridor</a> would be cut off from the Polish mainland, the defence was organized into several fortified lines that were to shield the naval base of <a href="/wiki/Hel_Peninsula" title="Hel Peninsula">Hel Peninsula</a> and the city of <a href="/wiki/Gdynia" title="Gdynia">Gdynia</a> from all sides, and moved from General Bortnowski command to that of Counter Admiral <a href="/wiki/J%C3%B3zef_Unrug" title="Józef Unrug">Józef Unrug</a>. The units included: </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Wejherowo" title="Wejherowo">Wejherowo</a></i> Independent Detachment (<i>Odział Wydzielony Wejherowo</i>; west of <a href="/wiki/Wejherowo" title="Wejherowo">Wejherowo</a>) under Lieutenant Colonel <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kazimierz_Pruszkowski&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kazimierz Pruszkowski (page does not exist)">Kazimierz Pruszkowski</a> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Polish_1st_Marine_Rifles_Regiment&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Polish 1st Marine Rifles Regiment (page does not exist)">1st Marine Rifles Regiment</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Puck,_Poland" title="Puck, Poland">Puck</a></i> <a href="/wiki/National_Defense_(Poland)" title="National Defense (Poland)">National Defence</a> Battalion</li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Red%C5%82owo" title="Redłowo">Redłowo</a></i> Independent Detachment (<i>Odział Wydzielony Redłowo</i>; south of <a href="/wiki/Gdynia" title="Gdynia">Gdynia</a>) under Lieutenant Colonel <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ignacy_Szpunar&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ignacy Szpunar (page does not exist)">Ignacy Szpunar</a> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Polish_2nd_Marine_Rifles_Regiment&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Polish 2nd Marine Rifles Regiment (page does not exist)">2nd Marine Rifles Regiment</a></li> <li>1st Reserve Infantry Battalion</li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Kartuzy" title="Kartuzy">Kartuzy</a></i> Independent Detachment (<i>Odział Wydzielony Kartuzy</i>) under Captain <a href="/w/index.php?title=Marian_Mordawski&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Marian Mordawski (page does not exist)">Marian Mordawski</a> <ul><li><i>Gdynia II</i> <a href="/wiki/National_Defense_(Poland)" title="National Defense (Poland)">National Defence</a> battalion</li> <li><i>Kartuzy</i> National Defence battalion</li></ul></li> <li><i>Gdynia I</i> <a href="/wiki/National_Defense_(Poland)" title="National Defense (Poland)">National Defence</a> battalion (near <a href="/wiki/Koleczkowo" title="Koleczkowo">Koleczkowo</a>)</li></ul> <p>Altogether, the forces subordinate to Colonel Dąbek numbered about 15,000 men. </p><p>Separate from the Land Coastal Defence were: </p> <ul><li>the <i><a href="/wiki/Hel,_Poland" title="Hel, Poland">Hel</a></i> Fortified Area (<i>Rejon Umocniony Hel</i>, ca. 3,000 men) under Ctr. Adm. <a href="/wiki/W%C5%82odzimierz_Steyer" title="Włodzimierz Steyer">Włodzimierz Steyer</a> <ul><li>supported by 4th battalion of the <a href="/wiki/Border_Defence_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="Border Defence Corps">Border Defence Corps</a>;</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westerplatte" title="Westerplatte">Westerplatte</a> garrison (ca. 200 men)</li></ul> <p>The remainder of the Polish forces, including the improvised units, the mobilized <a href="/wiki/Policja" class="mw-redirect" title="Policja">Police</a>, <a href="/wiki/Border_Guard_(Poland)" title="Border Guard (Poland)">Polish Border Guard</a>, <a href="/wiki/Border_Defence_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="Border Defence Corps">Border Defence Corps</a> and the volunteers, were to defend the outskirts of Gdynia and the <a href="/wiki/Oksywie" title="Oksywie">Oksywie</a> Heights, while the 4th battalion of the Border Defence Corps was to defend <a href="/wiki/Hel,_Poland" title="Hel, Poland">Hel</a>. The anti-air defence was provided by the 1st and 2nd battalion of AA artillery, with 14 75 mm guns wz.22/24 and 14 <a href="/wiki/Bofors_40_mm_Automatic_Gun_L/60" class="mw-redirect" title="Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60">40 mm wz. 38 guns</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Naval_Coastal_Command">Naval Coastal Command</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Polish_Navy_order_of_battle_in_1939&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Naval Coastal Command"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Naval Coastal Command (<i>Morska Obrona Wybrzeża</i>, MOW) included all of the Polish naval vessels, as well as the <a href="/wiki/Coastal_artillery" title="Coastal artillery">coastal artillery</a> batteries of Hel and Oksywie. Out of the destroyer flotilla, all but one were withdrawn to <a href="/wiki/Great_Britain" title="Great Britain">Great Britain</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Operation_Peking" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Peking">Operation Peking</a>. These included <a href="/wiki/ORP_Burza" title="ORP Burza">ORP <i>Burza</i></a> under Lt. Cmdr. <a href="/w/index.php?title=Stanis%C5%82aw_Nahorski&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Stanisław Nahorski (page does not exist)">Stanisław Nahorski</a>, <a href="/wiki/ORP_B%C5%82yskawica" title="ORP Błyskawica">ORP <i>Błyskawica</i></a> under Lt. Cmdr. <a href="/w/index.php?title=W%C5%82odzimierz_Kodr%C4%99bski&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Włodzimierz Kodrębski (page does not exist)">Włodzimierz Kodrębski</a> and <a href="/wiki/ORP_Grom_(1936)" title="ORP Grom (1936)">ORP <i>Grom</i></a> under Lt. Cmdr. <a href="/w/index.php?title=Aleksander_Hulewicz&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Aleksander Hulewicz (page does not exist)">Aleksander Hulewicz</a>. </p><p>The only large surface vessels to be left in Poland before the outbreak of hostilities were the heavy minelayer <a href="/wiki/ORP_Gryf_(1936)" title="ORP Gryf (1936)">ORP <i>Gryf</i></a> under <a href="/wiki/Stefan_Kwiatkowski" title="Stefan Kwiatkowski">Stefan Kwiatkowski</a> (later replaced by Lieutenant Commander <a href="/wiki/Wiktor_%C5%81omidze" class="mw-redirect" title="Wiktor Łomidze">Wiktor Łomidze</a>) and its escort, the destroyer <a href="/wiki/ORP_Wicher_(1928)" title="ORP Wicher (1928)">ORP <i>Wicher</i></a> under <a href="/wiki/Stefan_de_Walden" title="Stefan de Walden">Stefan de Walden</a>. </p><p>The submarine flotilla was left in Poland with the task of disrupting the enemy movement in the area of the <a href="/wiki/Bay_of_Gda%C5%84sk" class="mw-redirect" title="Bay of Gdańsk">Bay of Gdańsk</a>, as well as to lay mines on the routes from Germany to <a href="/wiki/East_Prussia" title="East Prussia">East Prussian</a> ports in the <a href="/wiki/Operation_Worek" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Worek">Operation Worek</a>. Commanded by Lieutenant Commander <a href="/wiki/Adam_Mohuczy" title="Adam Mohuczy">Adam Mohuczy</a>, the flotilla included: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ORP_Wilk_(1929)" title="ORP Wilk (1929)">ORP <i>Wilk</i></a> under Captain <a href="/wiki/Bogus%C5%82aw_Krawczyk" title="Bogusław Krawczyk">Bogusław Krawczyk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ORP_%C5%BBbik" title="ORP Żbik">ORP <i>Żbik</i></a> under Lieutenant Commander <a href="/w/index.php?title=Micha%C5%82_%C5%BBebrowski_(captain)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Michał Żebrowski (captain) (page does not exist)">Michał Żebrowski</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ORP_Ry%C5%9B" title="ORP Ryś">ORP <i>Ryś</i></a> under Lieutenant Commander <a href="/w/index.php?title=Aleksander_Grochowski&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Aleksander Grochowski (page does not exist)">Aleksander Grochowski</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ORP_S%C4%99p_(1938)" title="ORP Sęp (1938)">ORP <i>Sęp</i></a> under Lieutenant Commander <a href="/w/index.php?title=W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_Salomon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Władysław Salomon (page does not exist)">Władysław Salomon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ORP_Orze%C5%82_(1938)" title="ORP Orzeł (1938)">ORP <i>Orzeł</i></a> under Lieutenant Commander <a href="/w/index.php?title=Henryk_K%C5%82oczkowski&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Henryk Kłoczkowski (page does not exist)">Henryk Kłoczkowski</a></li></ul> <p>Apart from the abovementioned ships, a number of other vessels were left in the Polish naval bases, including several smaller torpedo boats, mine trawlers, minelayers and auxiliary vessels. The Minelayer/Minesweeper Flotilla (<i>Flotylla Minowców</i>) was composed mostly of the so-called <i>birdies</i> (<i>ptaszki</i>, a nickname coined after the fact that all of the <a href="/wiki/Jask%C3%B3%C5%82ka_class" class="mw-redirect" title="Jaskółka class">Jaskółka class</a> ships were named after a different species of non-raptor birds). </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ORP_Czajka" title="ORP Czajka">ORP <i>Czajka</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ORP_Mewa_(1935)" title="ORP Mewa (1935)">ORP <i>Mewa</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ORP_Jask%C3%B3%C5%82ka" title="ORP Jaskółka">ORP <i>Jaskółka</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ORP_Rybitwa" title="ORP Rybitwa">ORP <i>Rybitwa</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ORP_Czapla" title="ORP Czapla">ORP <i>Czapla</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ORP_%C5%BBuraw" title="ORP Żuraw">ORP <i>Żuraw</i></a></li></ul> <p>Two obsolete <a href="/wiki/Gunboat" title="Gunboat">gunboats</a>, the <a href="/wiki/ORP_Genera%C5%82_Haller" class="mw-redirect" title="ORP Generał Haller">ORP <i>Generał Haller</i></a> and <a href="/wiki/ORP_Komendant_Pi%C5%82sudski" title="ORP Komendant Piłsudski">ORP <i>Komendant Piłsudski</i></a> were grouped in the so-called group of gunboats. Other ships left in the bases of Gdynia and Hel included <a href="/wiki/Frogman" title="Frogman">frogmen</a> support ship <a href="/wiki/ORP_Nurek" title="ORP Nurek">ORP <i>Nurek</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/School_ship" class="mw-redirect" title="School ship">school artillery ship</a> <a href="/wiki/ORP_Mazur" title="ORP Mazur">ORP <i>Mazur</i></a> and mobilized patrol boat of the Border Guard, <a href="/wiki/ORP_Batory" title="ORP Batory">ORP <i>Batory</i></a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Naval_Air_Squadron">Naval Air Squadron</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Polish_Navy_order_of_battle_in_1939&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Naval Air Squadron"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Naval_Air_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="Naval Air Squadron">Naval Air Squadron</a> (<i>Morski Dywizjon Lotniczy</i>) was composed of two squadrons of <a href="/wiki/Seaplane" title="Seaplane">seaplanes</a>, both based in <a href="/wiki/Puck,_Poland" title="Puck, Poland">Puck</a> and commanded by Lieutenant Commander <a href="/w/index.php?title=Edward_Szystowski&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Edward Szystowski (page does not exist)">Edward Szystowski</a>. The squadron consisted of roughly 17 obsolete planes (mostly <a href="/wiki/Lublin_R-VIII" title="Lublin R-VIII">Lublin R-VIII</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lublin_R-XIII" title="Lublin R-XIII">Lublin R-XIII</a> <i>Hydro</i> of various versions), three liaison planes (one <a href="/wiki/RWD-14_Czapla" title="RWD-14 Czapla">RWD-14 Czapla</a> and two <a href="/wiki/RWD-17" class="mw-redirect" title="RWD-17">RWD-17</a>), and a single modern <a href="/wiki/CANT_Z.506" class="mw-redirect" title="CANT Z.506">CANT Z.506</a> <i>Airone</i>, purchased in <a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a>. </p><p>Both squadron were to provide reconnaissance for the ships of the Polish Navy, while the <a href="/wiki/Fighter_aircraft" title="Fighter aircraft">fighter</a> cover was to be provided by the <a href="/wiki/Organic_(military)" class="mw-redirect" title="Organic (military)">organic</a> squadrons of the <a href="/wiki/Army_Pomorze" class="mw-redirect" title="Army Pomorze">Army Pomorze</a> fighting in southern <a href="/wiki/Pomerania" title="Pomerania">Pomerania</a>. However, the Naval Air Squadron was mostly destroyed on the ground on September 1, with its commander being the first Allied naval officer to be killed in action in <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Riverine_flotillas">Riverine flotillas</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Polish_Navy_order_of_battle_in_1939&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Riverine flotillas"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Riverine_Flotilla_of_the_Polish_Navy" title="Riverine Flotilla of the Polish Navy">Riverine Flotilla of the Polish Navy</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Battle_of_the_Riverine_Flotilla_of_the_Polish_Navy" class="mw-redirect" title="Order of Battle of the Riverine Flotilla of the Polish Navy">Order of Battle of the Riverine Flotilla of the Polish Navy</a></div> <p>During the <a href="/wiki/Polish-Bolshevik_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Polish-Bolshevik War">Polish-Bolshevik War</a> the <a href="/wiki/Pripyat_Marshes" class="mw-redirect" title="Pripyat Marshes">Pinsk Marshes</a> in modern <a href="/wiki/Belarus" title="Belarus">Belarus</a> proved to be almost impassable to troops of both sides. Lack of roads and railways posed a serious danger to infantry and cavalry that could easily be cut off both by the enemy and the weather. Because of that, a number of <a href="/wiki/River_monitor" title="River monitor">river monitors</a> were either constructed or acquired from private owners and armed. They were used on the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Pripiat_River&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pripiat River (page does not exist)">Pripiat River</a>, as well as its extensive river basin. After the war, some of the ships were returned to their owners, while the rest remained in active service and were pressed into the so-called <i>Pinsk Flotilla</i>. </p><p>In peacetime, the <a href="/wiki/Riverine_Flotilla_of_the_Polish_Navy" title="Riverine Flotilla of the Polish Navy">Riverine Flotilla of the Polish Navy</a>, as it was officially called, operated on the <a href="/wiki/Pina_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Pina River">Pina River</a>, as well as on Pripyat and Strumień. It served as a mobile reserve of the <a href="/wiki/Border_Defence_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="Border Defence Corps">Border Defence Corps</a> and was to support the front in case of a war with the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a>. Prior to the outbreak of the <a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Poland_(1939)" class="mw-redirect" title="Invasion of Poland (1939)">Polish Defensive War</a>, a number of ships and detachments of the Riverine Flotilla were moved to the <a href="/wiki/Vistula" title="Vistula">Vistula</a> River as a <i>Separated Detachment of the Vistula River</i> (<i>Oddział Wydzielony Rzeki Wisły</i>), better known as the <i>Vistula Flotilla</i>. During the fight against the Soviets and the Germans, most of the ships were sunk by their crews to avoid capture. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Polish_Navy_order_of_battle_in_1939&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Danzig_Bay" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of the Danzig Bay">Battle of the Danzig Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Gdynia" title="Battle of Gdynia">Battle of Gdynia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_K%C4%99pa_Oksywska" title="Battle of Kępa Oksywska">Battle of Kępa Oksywska</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Hel" title="Battle of Hel">Battle of Hel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Worek_Plan" title="Worek Plan">Worek Plan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orze%C5%82_incident" title="Orzeł 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