Polish Navy
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"PMW" redirects here. For other uses, see PMW (disambiguation).
The Polish Navy (Polish: Marynarka Wojenna, lit. 'War Navy'; often abbreviated to Marynarka) is the naval branch of the Polish Armed Forces. The Polish Navy consists of 46 ships and about 12,000 commissioned and enlisted personnel. The traditional ship prefix in the Polish Navy is ORP (Okręt Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej, "Warship of the Republic of Poland").
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Polish Navy | |
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Marynarka Wojenna | |
Founded | 24 March 1568 (Sea Commission) 1626 (Commission of Royal Ships) 1918 (Polish Navy) |
Country | Poland |
Branch | Navy |
Size | 12,000+ (2022)[1] |
Part of | Polish Armed Forces |
Headquarters | Gdynia |
Engagements | Iraq War |
Commanders | |
Commander-in-Chief | Andrzej Duda |
Minister of National Defence | Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz |
Chief of the General Staff | General Rajmund Andrzejczak |
General Commander | General Jarosław Mika |
Operational Commander | gen. broni Tomasz Piotrowski [pl] |
Inspector of the Navy | wadm. Jarosław Ziemiański [pl] |
Insignia | |
Flag[2] | |
Naval Ensign | |
Naval Jack |
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