Peace-time Organization
The Polish Navy was organized into a Warsaw-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 Józef Unrug and his Chief of Naval Staff Jerzy Świrski. Apart from its own bases, the navy also commanded the Westerplatte Transit Wharf, an extraterritorial base and depot in the Free City of Danzig, commanded by Henryk Sucharski and Franciszek Dąbrowski. The naval bases included:
- Gdynia-Oksywie kmdr por. Mieczysław Adamowicz
- Hel kmdr Włodzimierz Steyer
- Puck Naval air base (2 squadrons and 1 support air group under kmdr por. pil. Edward Szystowski)
- Gdynia Naval Officers' School
The navy itself was divided onto four flotillas:
- Destroyer flotilla under Lieutenant Commander Roman Stankiewicz
- Submarine flotilla under Counter Admiral Adam Mohuczy
- Pińsk river flotilla under Commander Witold Zajączkowski
- Vistula river detachment under Lieutenant Commander Roman Kanafoyski
Finally, under the influence of French maritime traditions the Naval Officers' School in Gdynia (under Captain Tadeusz Podjazd-Morgenstern) was considered a separate naval base. It used a variety of school ships, including most of the Polish surface vessels.
Read more about this topic: Polish Navy Order Of Battle In 1939
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