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Please note: dates given are day-month-year [e.g. 01.03.1944 = March 1st, 1944], the official Polish unitnames are given between the brackets

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Higher commands

Polish Naval Command    
Commander-in-Chief 
19.05.1925 - 17.09.1939
Jerzy Świrski
Commander-in-Chief
11.10.1939 - 03.1947
Jerzy Świrski
Deputy Commander-in-Chief
01.10.1932 - 22.09.1939
Xawery Czernicki
Deputy Commander-in-Chief
11.10.1939 - 21.08.1941
Karol Korytowski
Deputy Commander-in-Chief
21.08.1941 - 12.10.1941
Tadeusz Stoklasa
Deputy Commander-in-Chief
12.10.1941 - 05.10.1942
Tadeusz Morgenstern
Deputy Commander-in-Chief
17.10.1942 - 1943
Włodzimierz Kodrębski
Deputy Commander-in-Chief
05.02.1943 - 22.05.1945
Karol Korytowski
Chief of Staff
04.04.1933 - 17.09.1939
Karol Korytowski
Chief of Staff
03.09.1942 - 03.01.1944
Włodzimierz Kodrębski
Chief of Staff
03.01.1944 - 22.05.1945
Eugeniusz Pławski
 
Polish Fleet    
Commander-in-Chief
19.05.1925 - 02.10.1939
Józef Unrug
Chief of Staff
01.01.1936 - 02.10.1939
Marian Majewski
 
Coastal Defence    
Commander of the Coastal Defence (Naval)
10.07.1939 - 02.10.1939
Stefan Frankowski
Commander of the Coastal Defence (Ground)
23.07.1939 - 19.09.1939
Stanisław Dąbek  †
 
Naval Intelligence    
Chief of Naval Intelligence
26.06.1940 - 01.02.1941
Brunon Jabłoński
Chief of Naval Intelligence
1941 - 13.06.1941
Antoni Wacięga
Chief of Naval Intelligence
24.06.1941 - ?
Stanisław Nahorski
Chief of Naval Intelligence
03.04.1942 - 28.10.1944
Brunon Jabłoński
Chief of Naval Intelligence
28.10.1944 - 08.03.1946
Karol Durski-Trzasko
 
Naval Attachés    
London
01.08.1939 - 1945
Tadeusz Stoklasa
Paris
08.08.1939 - 06.1940
Stanisław Lasocki
Stockholm
17.12.1939 - 09.1941
Tadeusz Morgenstern
Stockholm
30.12.1941 - 27.02.1943
Eugeniusz Pławski
Stockholm
09.03.1943 - 11.07.1945
Marian Wolbek
Washington
15.10.1942 - 08.1945
Tadeusz Morgenstern

 

Ships

Cruisers Conrad Dragon      
Destroyers Błyskawica Burza Garland Grom Krakowiak Kujawiak Orkan Piorun Ślązak   Wicher
Minelayers Gryf          
Submarines Dzik Jastrząb Orzeł Ryś Sęp Sokół Wilk Żbik  

 

Błyskawica (destroyer)   

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Commanding Officer
04.01.1938 - 23.11.1939
Włodzimierz Kodrębski
Commanding Officer
01.11.1939 - 16.02.1940
Jerzy Umecki
Commanding Officer
16.02.1940 - 28.05.1940
Stanisław Nahorski
Commanding Officer
05.06.1940 - 16.07.1940
Wojciech Francki
Commanding Officer
16.07.1940 - 13.09.1940
Stanisław Hryniewiecki
Commanding Officer
13.09.1940 - 27.09.1940
Tadeusz Gorazdowski
Commanding Officer
28.09.1940 - 20.03.1942
Wojciech Francki
Commanding Officer
20.03.1942 - 25.05.1942
Tadeusz Gorazdowski
Commanding Officer
14.06.1942 - 24.06.1943
Ludwik Lichodziejewski
Commanding Officer
24.06.1943 - 04.01.1945
Konrad Namieśniowski
Commanding Officer
04.01.1945 - 11.1945
Ludwik Lichodziejewski
Commanding Officer
11.1945 - 28.05.1946
Wojciech Francki
 
Burza (destroyer)  

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Commanding Officer
31.12.1937 - 16.02.1940
Stanisław Nahorski
Commanding Officer
16.02.1940 - 07.10.1940
Wojciech Francki
Commanding Officer
07.10.1940 - 30.11.1940
Antoni Doroszkowski
Commanding Officer
30.11.1940 - 22.01.1941
Jan Tchórznicki
Commanding Officer
22.01.1941 - 09.03.1941
Zbigniew Wojewódzki
Commanding Officer
20.07.1942 - 07.04.1944
Franciszek Pitułko
 
Conrad (cruiser)  

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Commanding Officer
04.10.1944 - 26.07.1945
Stanisław Dzienisiewicz
Commanding Officer
26.07.1945 - 28.09.1946
Romuald Tymiński
 
Dragon (cruiser)

lost 08.07.1944

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Commanding Officer
15.05.1943 - 12.01.1944
Eugeniusz Pławski
Commanding Officer
`12.01.1944 - 15.07.1944
Stanisław Dzienisiewicz
 
Dzik (submarine)  

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Commanding Officer
12.12.1942 - 12.12.1944
Bolesław Romanowski
Commanding Officer
12.12.1944 - 06.01.1945
Tadeusz Noworól
Commanding Officer
06.01.1945 - 01.07.1946
Andrzej Kłopotowski
 
Garland (destroyer)  

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Commanding Officer
03.05.1940 - 07.10.1940
Antoni Doroszkowski
Commanding Officer
07.10.1940 - 09.03.1942
Konrad Namieśniowski
Commanding Officer
03.1942 - 17.10.1942
Henryk Eibel
Commanding Officer
17.10.1942 - 05.01.1945
Bolesław Biskupski
Commanding Officer
05.01.1945 - 22.11.1945
Kazimierz Hess
Commanding Officer
22.11.1945 - 18.11.1946
Marian Kadulski
 
Grom (destroyer)

lost 04.04.1940

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Commanding Officer
13.03.1938 - 04.05.1940
Aleksander Hulewicz
 
Gryf (minelayer)

lost 03.09.1939

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Commanding Officer
01.04.1939 - 01.09.1939
Stefan Kwiatkowski †
Commanding Officer
02.09.1939 - 03.09.1939
Stanisław Hryniewiecki
 
Jastrząb (submarine)   lost 02.05.1942

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Commanding Officer
04.11.1941 - 02.05.1942
Bolesław Romanowski
 
Krakowiak (destroyer)  

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Commanding Officer
28.05.1941 - 03.04.1942
Tadeusz Gorazdowski
Commanding Officer
22.05.1942 - 14.06.1943
Jan Tchórznicki
Commanding Officer
14.06.1943 - 31.10.1944
Wszechwład Maracewicz
Commanding Officer
21.11.1944 - 06.01.1946
Włodzimierz Łoskoczyński
Commanding Officer
06.01.1946 - 18.09.1946
Paweł Żelazny
 
Kujawiak (destroyer)

lost 16.06.1942

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Commanding Officer
30.05.1941 - 16.06.1942
Ludwik Lichodziejewski
 
Orkan (destroyer)

lost 08.10.1943

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Commanding Officer
18.11.1942 - 08.10.1943
Stanisław Hryniewiecki  †
 
Orzeł (submarine)   lost 08.06.1940

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Commanding Officer
02.02.1938 - 14.09.1939
Henryk Kłoczkowski
Commanding Officer
15.09.1939 - 08.06.1940
Jan Grudziński  †
 
Piorun (destroyer)  

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Commanding Officer
05.11.1940 - 30.12.1941
Eugeniusz Pławski
Commanding Officer
17.01.1942 - 24.05.1942
Stanisław Hryniewiecki
Commanding Officer
24.05.1942 - 01.05.1943
Tadeusz Gorazdowski
Commanding Officer
01.05.1943 - 12.1943
Stanisław Dzienisiewicz
Commanding Officer
07.01.1944 - 07.01.1945
Tadeusz Gorazdowski
Commanding Officer
07.01.1945 - 25.11.1945
Jan Tchórznicki
Commanding Officer
25.11.1945 - 28.11.1946
Wszechwład Maracewicz
 
Ryś (submarine)   

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Commanding Officer
07.1936 - 18.09.1939
Aleksander Grochowski
 
Sęp (submarine)   

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Commanding Officer
17.10.1938 - 17.09.1939
Władysław Salamon
 
Ślązak (destroyer)   

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Commanding Officer
30.04.1942 - 27.10.1942
Romuald Tymiński
Commanding Officer
27.10.1942 - 18.04.1943
Bohdan Wroński
Commanding Officer
18.04.1943 - 13.09.1944
Romuald Tymiński
Commanding Officer
13.09.1944 - 17.04.1945
Bohdan Wroński
Commanding Officer
17.04.1945 - 28.09.1946
Wacław Fara
 
Sokół  (submarine)  

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Commanding Officer
19.01.1941 - 29.07.1942
Borys Karnicki
Commanding Officer
29.07.1942 - 12.12.1944
Jerzy Koziołkowski
Commanding Officer
12.12.1944 - 07.02.1945
Bolesław Romanowski
Commanding Officer
07.02.1945 - 03.08.1946
Tadeusz Bernas
 
Wicher (destroyer)

lost 03.09.1939

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Commanding Officer
04.1938 - 03.09.1939
Stefan de Walden
 
Wilk (submarine)  

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Commanding Officer
08.1938 - 19.07.1941
Bogusław Krawczyk
Commanding Officer
22.07.1941 - 03.04.1942
Brunon Jabłoński
 
Żbik (submarine)   

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Commanding Officer
07.1938 - 25.09.1939
Michał Żebrowski
  

Information supplied by Andrzej S. Bartelski