Battle of Danzig Bay

Battle of Danzig Bay
Part of Invasion of Poland

Wreck of ORP Gryf
Date1 September 1939
Location
Danzig Bay, Baltic Sea
Result

Strategic German victory

  • Cancellation of Operation Rurka
Belligerents
 Germany  Poland
Commanders and leaders
Unknown Stefan de Walden
Stefan Kwiatkowski †
Viktor Lomidze
Strength
33 Junkers Ju 87B 1 destroyer ORP Wicher
1 minelayer ORP Gryf
5 minesweepers
2 gunboats
AA units at Hel Peninsula
Casualties and losses
7-10 aircraft destroyed or damaged 52 killed and wounded
1 minelayer and 1 minesweeper damaged

The Battle of Danzig Bay (Polish: bitwa w Zatoce Gdańskiej) took place on 1 September 1939, at the beginning of the invasion of Poland, when Polish Navy warships were attacked by German Luftwaffe aircraft in Gdańsk Bay (then Danzig Bay). It was the first naval-air battle of World War II.[1][2]

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