3rd Ship Flotilla
Appearance
3rd Ship Flotilla of Polish Navy | |
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3 Flotylla Okrętów | |
Active | 1971 - present |
Country | Poland |
Branch | Polish Navy |
Size | 3000 personnel 22 vessels |
Base | Gdynia-Oksywie Naval Base |
Patron | Komandor Bolesław Romanowski |
Equipment: | Warships, Submarines, Auxiliary |
3rd Ship Flotilla (Polish: 3 Flotylla Okrętów) is a tactical unit of the Polish Navy composed of 11 subunits.[1] The unit is a main strike force of the Polish Navy, it operates various warships types such as frigates, corvettes, submarines or fast attack crafts. The main base of 3 FO is Gdynia-Oksywie Naval Base.[2]
Sub-Units
[edit]- Submarine Unit (Dywizjon Okrętów Podwodnych)
- Combat Ship Squadron (Dywizjon Okrętów Bojowych)
- Support Unit (Dywizjon Okrętów Wsparcia)
- Reconnaissance Group (Grupa Okrętów Rozpoznawczych, gOR)
- 9th Anti-Air Wing (9 Dywizjon Przeciwlotniczy)
- 43rd Sapper Battalion (43 Battalion Saperów)
- Naval Base Command (Komenda Portu Wojennego Gdynia)
- Technical Base of Polish Navy (Baza Techniczna Marynarki Wojennej)
- Hel Peninsula Naval Base (Punkt Bazowania Hel)
Equipment
[edit]Vessels
[edit]Vessel | Origin | Type | In service | Unit | Notes |
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Oliver Hazard Perry class | United States | Frigate | 2 | Anti-Submarine Unit | |
Kobben class | Norway | Submarine | 4 | Submarine Unit | |
Kilo class | Soviet Union | Submarine | 1 | Submarine Unit | |
Orkan class | East Germany | Fast Attack Craft | 3 | Missile Vessels Unit | |
Project 888 | Poland | Training Ship | 1 | Support Unit | |
Project 570M | Poland | Rescue Ship | 2 | Support Unit | |
Project 5002 | Poland | Rescue Ship | 2 | Support Unit | |
Project 863 | Poland | Reconnaissance Vessel | 2 | Reconnaissance Group |
References
[edit]- ^ Flotylla Okrętów
- ^ "..:: :: Aktualności ::." wp.mil.pl. Retrieved 17 July 2015. in Polish