War in Poland 1939 - false myths?

[Stellan Bojerud (RIP)]

Hello,

I do agree. For what purpose was Poland building a Navy? Shallow water, no good base areas, relatively short shoreline. That could easier be defended by Coast Artillery.

The 1936 Polish Navy Plan was absurd:

3 Battleships
1 Aircraft Carrier
12 destroyers
21 submarines

In addition to the destroyers mentioned by Bartek - ORP Wicher (1928), ORP Burza (1929), ORP Blyskawica (1936) and ORP Grom (1936) - there were also two of 2.000 tons laid down in Gdynia for delivery in 1941.

In fact there were five submarines: ORP Rys (1929), ORP Wilk (1929), ORP Zbik (1931), ORP Orzel (1938) and ORP Sep (1938).

Of these Rys, Sep and Zbik were interned in Sweden Sept 1939.

Picture: ORP Sep arriving in Waxholm, Sweden, Sept 1939.