Dar Młodzieży
"Dar Młodzieży" was built in Gdańsk Shipyard in 1982. The official ship commissioning took place in July, 1982. Almost a year later, "Dar Młodzieży" took part in sailing ships rally in Japan and in Tall Ships Races in Canada in 1984. The ship's greatest achievement was a-round-the-world cruise in...
Dar Pomorza
The history of "Dar Pomorza" started in 1909 in a shipyard in Hamburg which put to sea "Prinzess Eitel Friedrich" frigate - a learning ship which was ordered by the German Merchant Navy. After the First World War it was taken over by the French who named it "Colbert". In 1929 the Pomeranian...
Opty
"Opty" is one of the best know Polish yachts. This was the ship on which Leonid Teliga swam around the world on his own in the years 1967 - 1969. The official ship commissioning took place in October, 1966 in Gdynia. Because of bad weather conditions in the autumn season, the-round-the-world cruise...
ORP Błyskawica
The "ORP Błyskawica" destroyer was built in the British shipyard John Samuel White & Co. Ltd. in 1936. It was first used in 1937 as part of the Destroyer Division of the Polish Navy and experienced its first naval campaign one year later. In those times, it was one of the fastest and the most...
Samarytanka
"Samarytanka" was the first unit fully designed and constructed by the Gdynia shipyard. The customer was the Gdynia Maritime Office. The ship was supposed to serve as an ambulance motorboat controlled by the port doctor. However, it caused many problems. The engine was difficult to use, the hull...
Batory
In the 1930's, Polish Transatlantic Ship Society decided to modernize its fleet. The units that they used, didn't meet the standards of passenger transport and they had to be withdrew from usage. They also planned to change the units' profiles from emigrant to tourist. In 1933 they signed a...
Piłsudski
"Piłsudzki" was built in a shipyard in Trieste - Italy in 1935. It was "MS Batory's" twin unit. It went on its maiden voyage to New York in 1935 when it was commanded by captain Stankiewicz. During its second transatlantic cruise, weak points of the ship's construction were revealed. Stormy weather...
Kościuszko
"Kościuszko" was built in 1915 and as a Polish ship went on the Ney York and Levant lines and cruised as a passenger ship. During the Second World War, it was the army's cargo ship and was temporary submitted to the Navy where it was used as a depot ship "Gdynia". After the war, it was sold to the...
Horyzont II
Budowany początkowo jako specjalistyczny żaglowiec ekspedycyjny służący do zaopatrywania stacji polarnych. Na dwóch bramowych masztach miał zdalnie rozpinać 3 usztywnione żaglopłaty, a w rufowej wnęce zabierać kontenery ładunkowe, mieszkalne lub wyposażone jak laboratoria badawcze. Zamówienie...
Chrobry
"Chrobry" zbudowany dla obsługi linii południowoamerykańskiej, od bliźniaczego "Sobieskiego" różnił się większą liczbą miejsc pasażerskich (ponad 1100), uzyskaną przez zagęszczenie kabin i zwiększenie ilości miejsc typowo emigranckich. 27 lipca 1939 r. wszedł do eksploatacji, a dwa dni później,...
