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• Sea Transport : Poles loading bombs

  (art) Made by: Howard-Jones, Ray 1944

  image: a view over the deck of a merchant ship, with bombs being moved down into the hold using a crane. Two sailors supervise from the left, whilst a man casually sits with his legs dangling over the edge of the large hole that leads to the hold. Other...

• Stein, Jerzy Maksymilian Bernard (IWM interview)

  (sound) Made by: IWM (Production company) 1996-10-31

  Polish officer served with Polish Navy in Poland, 1939; POW in Oflag II B, Oflag IV C, Colditz and camps at Lubeck and Dossel in Germany, 1939-1945

• THE POLISH NAVY IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR

  part of "MINISTRY OF DEFENCE FOXHILL COLLECTION OF SHIP PHOTOGRAPHS" (photographs) Made by: Royal Navy official photographer 1942-11

  HMS Sobieski at anchor on the Clyde.

• THE NARVIK CAMPAIGN, 1940

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: War Office official photographer 1940-04-20

  Some members of the 1/6th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's Regiment, 147 Brigade, 61st Division, testing gas equipment on board the Polish liner MS Sobieski. She is lying off Gourock and has been used as a troopship for some months. The men will soon be...

• THE NARVIK CAMPAIGN, 1940.

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: War Office official photographer 1940-04-20

  A Bren gun crew of 1st/6th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding), 147 Brigade, 61st Division at their stations on their transport ship, the Polish liner MS Sobieski. She is lying off Gourock at the mouth of the River Clyde and has been...

• THE NARVIK CAMPAIGN, 1940

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: War Office official photographer 1940-05-08

  Troops of the AA battery Royal Artillery in action stations at a 12 pounder (152 mm) anti-aircraft gun being watched by men and officers of the North Western Expeditionary Force (HQs and Army) and the RAF on board the Polish Navy troopship MS Chrobry....

• THE POLISH NAVY DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR

  part of "ADMIRALTY OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Royal Navy official photographer 1940

  Gun drill on a BL 4.7 inch /45 naval gun on board the Polish destroyer ORP Piorun, formerly HMS Nerissa. She was handed over to the Polish Navy by the British government to replace ORP Grom another Polish destroyer which was bombed and sunk off Norway.

• THE ROYAL NAVY DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR

  part of "ADMIRALTY OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Royal Navy official photographer 1940

  As can be seen here when they get a chance, which is not very often, the men sling their hammocks and make the most of it. Their usual bed at sea is the deck on board the Polish Navy destroyer ORP Piorun (Thunderbolt), formerly HMS Nerissa.

• THE NARVIK CAMPAIGN, 1940

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: War Office official photographer 1940-04-20

  Troops of the 1/6th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding), 147 Brigade, 61st Division enjoy a game of deck quoits on board the Polish Navy liner MS Sobieski. She is lying off Gourock at the mouth of the River Clyde and has been used as a...

• THE POLISH NAVY DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR

  part of "ADMIRALTY OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Royal Navy official photographer 1940

  On board the Polish destroyer ORP Piorun (Thunderbolt), formerly HMS Nerissa, officers off watch get a little warmth and comfort round the wardroom fire, they still have on their rubber boots. The Captain, Eugeniusz Pławski, is farthest from the camera,...