"PMW" redirects here. For other uses, see PMW (disambiguation).
Polish Navy
Marynarka Wojenna
Military eagle
Founded
24 March 1568 (Sea Commission) 1626 (Commission of Royal Ships) 1918 (Polish Navy)
Country
Poland
Branch
Navy
Size
12,000+ (2022)[1]
Part of
Polish Armed Forces
Headquarters
Gdynia
Engagements
Iraq War
Commanders
Commander-in-Chief
Andrzej Duda
Minister of National Defence
Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz
Chief of the General Staff
General Rajmund Andrzejczak
General Commander
General Jarosław Mika
Operational Commander
gen. broni Tomasz Piotrowski [pl]
Inspector of the Navy
wadm. Jarosław Ziemiański [pl]
Insignia
Flag[2]
Naval Ensign
Naval Jack
Military unit
The Polish Navy (Polish: Marynarka Wojenna, lit. 'War Navy'; often abbreviated to Marynarka) is the naval branch of the Polish Armed Forces. The Polish Navy consists of 46 ships and about 12,000 commissioned and enlisted personnel. The traditional ship prefix in the Polish Navy is ORP (Okręt Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej, "Warship of the Republic of Poland").
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^"Ustawa z dnia 19 lutego 1993 r. o znakach Sił Zbrojnych Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej" [Act of February 19, 1993 on the symbols of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Poland] (PDF). isap.sejm.gov.pl (in Polish). Internet System of Legal Acts. pp. 24–28. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
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