THE POLISH NAVY IN BRITAIN, 1939-1947 - Polish Yeoman of Signals nicknamed "McCready" (left) and Leading Signalman T. E. Laver RN of Darwin, Lancashire stitching a symbol on the ORP Sokół's Jolly Roger. Two Polish Navy submarines, ORP Dzik (Wild Boar) and the famous ORP Sokół (Falcon), have returned to Plymouth after successful patrols in the Mediterranean, 31 March Dzik has just finished her first commission. For a year she has worked the Mediterranean, and her Jolly Roger success flag testifies to the number of her victories Sokół was welcomed back by Captain Eugeniusz Pła
THE POLISH NAVY IN BRITAIN, 1939-1947 - Polish Yeoman of Signals nicknamed "McCready" (left) and Leading Signalman T. E. Laver RN of Darwin, Lancashire stitching a symbol on the ORP Sokół's Jolly Roger. Two Polish Navy submarines, ORP Dzik (Wild Boar) and the famous ORP Sokół (Falcon), have returned to Plymouth after successful patrols in the Mediterranean, 31 March Dzik has just finished her first commission. For a year she has worked the Mediterranean, and her Jolly Roger success flag testifies to the number of her victories Sokół was welcomed back by Captain Eugeniusz Pławski, the Polish Navy Chief of Staff. In her last twelve months operations she sank eighteen enemy ships including five small vessels in harbour sunk with one torpedo Polish Navy, ORP Sokół, Polish Navy, Royal Navy
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