Английская Википедия:Eugeniusz Pławski

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ORP Piorun

Eugeniusz Józef Stanisław Pławski (26 March 1895 – 23 May 1972) was a Polish Navy officer who served in World War I and World War II. He was the commander of the ORP Piorun (G65) during the hunt for Bismarck.

Biography

Early years

Born in Novorossiysk he was the son of Aleksander Pławski, a brigadier general in the Imperial Russian Army. Eugeniusz was graduated from the Sea Cadet Corps in Khabarovsk and from the Sea Cadet Corps in Saint Petersburg, he also finished the Naval Aviation School in Sevastopol and the submarine navigation course in Toulon.

Great War

He began his career in 1914 as a midshipman in the Black Sea Fleet fighting the entire war against Bulgarians, Turks and Germans. He became a watch officer on the destroyer Derzky. From 1916 he was the aide-de-camp to the commander of the 2nd destroyer flotilla then he served in the torpedo brigade and in the anti-submarine defense. In 1917 he became the navigation officer on the destroyer Gnevny. After the outbreak of the revolution he assumed command of the destroyer Zorkiy.

Interwar period

After the rebirth of Poland he came to Warsaw and was accepted to the Polish Navy. He was an operations officer in the river port Modlin, then he served in the Marine battalion with which he participated in the liberation of Pomerania. During the Poland's Wedding to the Sea he gave the order to hoist the Flag of Poland. In 1920 he took command of the naval base in Puck. From 1924 he commanded the following ships: minesweepers ORP Czajka and ORP Mewa and the gunboat ORP General Haller. In 1927 he was appointed as the director of science in the Navy school of specialists. In the years 1928–1931 he led the Polish submarine navigation course in France. In 1931 he became commander of the submarine ORP Żbik. In the years 1932–1936 he took command of the submarine flotilla. In 1936 he was transferred to the Polish Navy Command. In 1939 he was sent on a mission to France seeking military assistance in case of Third Reich's invasion of Poland.

World War II

At the outbreak of war, he stayed in France and tried to form an aid convoy for Poland. Then he was sent to London. In 1940 he assumed command of the French destroyer Ouragan transferred to the Polish Navy. On 24 October 1940 he became commander of ORP Piorun on which he escorted convoys on the Atlantic and Mediterranean. During the hunt for the Bismarck, on 26 May 1941, he spotted and engaged the German battleship. From 1941 to 1943 he was a military attaché in Sweden. On 15 May 1943 he took command of the cruiser ORP Dragon. In 1944 he became chief of staff of the Polish Navy.

In exile

After the dissolution of the Polish Armed Forces in the West Pławski gave the banner and the flag of Polish Navy to the Polish Institute and Sikorski Museum in London. In 1946–1947 he commanded a transit camp in Okehampton. In 1948 he moved to Canada. From 1952 to 1972 he worked as a translator for the government of Canada.

Eugeniusz Pławski died on 22 May 1973 in Vancouver. He was buried in The Gardens of Gethsemani Cemetery. On 16 June 2004 his ashes were brought to Poland and buried in the Polish Navy cemetery in Gdynia.

Awards and decorations

Файл:POL Krzyż Walecznych (1940) 2r BAR.PNG Cross of Valour
Файл:POL Złoty Krzyż Zasługi BAR.svg Golden Cross of Merit
Файл:POL Medal Morski 1ok BAR.svg Naval Medal
Файл:DNK Order of Danebrog Knight BAR.png Order of the Dannebrog
Файл:Legion Honneur Chevalier ribbon.svg Legion of Honour
Файл:SWE Order of Vasa - Commander BAR.png Order of Vasa
Файл:UK Distinguished Service Cross BAR.svg Distinguished Service Cross

Military promotions

Файл:Russian Imperial Navy Michman shoulder.png Мичман midshipman	1914 (Russian Empire)
Файл:Russian Imperial Navy Captain 2 shoulder.png Капитан-лейтенант sub-lieutenant	1917 (Russian Empire)
Файл:POL PMW pagon1 podporucznik marynarki.svg porucznik lieutenant	1918 (Poland)
Файл:POL PMW pagon1 porucznik marynarki.svg kapitan lieutenant commander	1921 (Poland)
Файл:POL PMW pagon1 komandor podporucznik.svg komandor podporucznik commander	1931 (Poland)
Файл:POL PMW pagon1 komandor porucznik.svg komandor porucznik captain	1935 (Poland)
Файл:POL PMW pagon1 komandor.svg komandor commodore	1942 (Poland)

References

• Julian Czerwiński, Małgorzata Czerwińska, Maria Babnis, Alfons Jankowski, Jan Sawicki. "Kadry Morskie Rzeczypospolitej. Tom II. Polska Marynarka Wojenna. Część I. Korpus oficerów 1918–1947." Wyższa Szkoła Morska. Gdynia 1996. (Шаблон:ISBN), Archiwum rodzinne
• Pławski Eugeniusz Józef Stanisław [W:] "Polski Słownik Biograficzny". Vol. 26 p. 773

External links

• Memoriał komandora Eugeniusza Pławskiego na stronie findagrave.com