Polish Merchant Navy

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The Polish Merchant Navy (Polish: Polska Marynarka Handlowa, PMH) was created in the interwar period when the Second Polish Republic regained independence.[1]

During World War II, many ships of the Polish Navy joined the Allied merchant navy and its convoys, as part of the Polish contribution to World War II.[1]

After the war, the Polish Merchant Navy was controlled by the People's Republic of Poland and after 1989, by modern Poland.

Numbers

Total: 57 ships (1,000 GT or over) totaling 1,120,165 GT/1,799,569 tonnes deadweight (DWT)

Ships by type: bulk 50, cargo 2, chemical tanker 2, roll-on/roll-off 1, short-sea passenger 2 (1999 est.)

Major companies

Major Polish shipping companies include:

  • Polska Żegluga Morska (Polish Steamship Company, POLSTEAM)
  • Polskie Linie Oceaniczne (Polish Ocean Lines, POL)

See also

  • iconTransport portal
  • Polish Navy

References

  1. ^ a b Sawicki, Jan Kazimierz (1992). Polska Marynarka Handlowa, 1939-1945 (Wyd. 2., popr. i uzup ed.). Gdynia: Wyższa Szkoła Morska. ISBN 83-00-03469-2. OCLC 30672552.
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