Polish Navy

Polish Navy
Marynarka Wojenna
Military eagle
Founded24 March 1568 (Sea Commission)
1626 (Commission of Royal Ships)
1918 (Polish Navy)
Country Poland
BranchNavy
Size12,000+ (2022)[1]
Part ofPolish Armed Forces
HeadquartersGdynia
EngagementsIraq War
Commanders
Commander-in-Chief Andrzej Duda
Minister of National Defence Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz
Chief of the General Staff General Wiesław Kukuła
General Commander General Lech Majewski
Operational Commander gen. broni Tomasz Piotrowski
Inspector of the Navy wadm. Jarosław Ziemiański [pl]
Insignia
Flag[2]
Naval Ensign
Naval Jack

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').

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-10-11. Retrieved 2011-01-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "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.