Unique documents of Polish Submarine ORP Orzel at EBAY

Grom · 11-11-05, 08:22 AM

My dear friends.

In the very begining of the WW2, Polish submarine ORP "Orzel" escaped from Estonian internment and without maps, food, and water broke German blockade do United Kingdom. It was also ship who discovered German intenttion of invasion of Norway.

When Hitler's forces invaded the Low Countries and France on May 10, 1940, all Allied undersea craft in Norwegian waters, except Orzel, one French and two British boats, were shifted southward in case the Germans decided to support their latest ground offensive with naval units. Sometime during the first week of June, the Polish submarine simply disappeared. Although the cause never was determined, it is believed that Commander Grudzinski and his five officers and 49 crewmen fell victim to a mine in the Skagerrak.

Orzel and her crew were among the first during the conflict to show -- in a most graphic way and against overwhelming odds -- that while the Nazis could conquer a country, they could not conquer the spirit and determination of its people.

On the day of 03 november 2005, sudennly after 65 years been out of any knowledge, the documents of this missing submarine were put on EBAY. Within 3 days of organization we had already 2000 pounds ready to buy this historical documents. Finally we did it on 10 november 2005 20:30 GMT. We have bought one of greatest part of Polish history. We bought part of WW2 history. These documents are going to be exposed in Polish Naval Museum in Gdynia (Gotenhaven).

For all of You i have prepared small scan of few pages. Mostly in polish, but soon i'll add some scans the docs in english.

http://www.navy.avx.pl/orzel.jpg
http://www.navy.avx.pl/orzel1.jpg
http://www.navy.avx.pl/orzel2.jpg
http://www.navy.avx.pl/orzel3.jpg
http://www.navy.avx.pl/orzel4.jpg
http://www.navy.avx.pl/orzel5.jpg
http://www.navy.avx.pl/orzel6.jpg
http://www.navy.avx.pl/orzel7.jpg
http://www.navy.avx.pl/orzel8.jpg

11-11-05, 08:22 AM	#1
Grom In the Brig Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 111 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	Unique documents of Polish Submarine ORP Orzel at EBAY My dear friends. In the very begining of the WW2, Polish submarine ORP "Orzel" escaped from Estonian internment and without maps, food, and water broke German blockade do United Kingdom. It was also ship who discovered German intenttion of invasion of Norway. When Hitler's forces invaded the Low Countries and France on May 10, 1940, all Allied undersea craft in Norwegian waters, except Orzel, one French and two British boats, were shifted southward in case the Germans decided to support their latest ground offensive with naval units. Sometime during the first week of June, the Polish submarine simply disappeared. Although the cause never was determined, it is believed that Commander Grudzinski and his five officers and 49 crewmen fell victim to a mine in the Skagerrak. Orzel and her crew were among the first during the conflict to show -- in a most graphic way and against overwhelming odds -- that while the Nazis could conquer a country, they could not conquer the spirit and determination of its people. On the day of 03 november 2005, sudennly after 65 years been out of any knowledge, the documents of this missing submarine were put on EBAY. Within 3 days of organization we had already 2000 pounds ready to buy this historical documents. Finally we did it on 10 november 2005 20:30 GMT. We have bought one of greatest part of Polish history. We bought part of WW2 history. These documents are going to be exposed in Polish Naval Museum in Gdynia (Gotenhaven). For all of You i have prepared small scan of few pages. Mostly in polish, but soon i'll add some scans the docs in english. http://www.navy.avx.pl/orzel.jpg http://www.navy.avx.pl/orzel1.jpg http://www.navy.avx.pl/orzel2.jpg http://www.navy.avx.pl/orzel3.jpg http://www.navy.avx.pl/orzel4.jpg http://www.navy.avx.pl/orzel5.jpg http://www.navy.avx.pl/orzel6.jpg http://www.navy.avx.pl/orzel7.jpg http://www.navy.avx.pl/orzel8.jpg