Polish Merchant Navy
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ThePolish Merchant Navy(Polish:Polska Marynarka Handlowa,PMH) was created in theinterwarperiod when theSecond Polish Republicregained independence.[1]
DuringWorld War II,many ships of the Polish Navy joined the Allied merchant navy and its convoys, as part of thePolish contribution to World War II.[1]
After the war, the Polish Merchant Navy was controlled by thePeople's Republic of Polandand after 1989, by modern Poland.
Numbers
[edit]Total: 57 ships (1,000 GT or over) totaling 1,120,165 GT/1,799,569 tonnesdeadweight(DWT)
Ships by type: bulk 50, cargo 2, chemical tanker 2, roll-on/roll-off 1, short-sea passenger 2 (1999 est.)
Major companies
[edit]Major Polish shipping companies include:
- Polska Żegluga Morska(Polish Steamship Company, POLSTEAM)
- Polskie Linie Oceaniczne(Polish Ocean Lines, POL)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^abSawicki, Jan Kazimierz (1992).Polska Marynarka Handlowa, 1939-1945(Wyd. 2., popr. i uzup ed.). Gdynia: Wyższa Szkoła Morska.ISBN83-00-03469-2.OCLC30672552.
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