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Polish Navy - 8th Coastal Defense Flotilla

Project 767 "Lublin" Transportation and Minefield Ships ORP Lublin ORP Gniezno ORP Krakow ORP Poznan ORP Torun

"Lake Gardno" Minesweepers ORP Lake Gardno ORP Bukowo ORP Dabie ORP Jamno ORP Mielno ORP Wicko ORP Resko ORP Sarbsko ORP Necko ORP Naklo ORP Druzno ORP Hancza

warships of various types: ORP Kontradmiral Xawery Czernicki command ship Missile transport 851, 852, 853 Tanker-8 Station demagnetising SD-11 Tugs H-4, H-6, H-9, H-10 Missile K-20, K-21 Motorboats M-12, M-21 The shoulders of the B-3, B-11

8 Coast Defence Flotilla in Swinoujscie, Poland is the tactical, whose main task is to defend the Polish maritime areas, maintaining the regime operating in the coastal zone of defence and took part in the defence of the coast of the sea. Naval forces 8. Unterseebootsflottille stationed in the port of war in Swinoujscie, Poland.

In the composition of the fleet are 2 squadron's ships for transportation and minefields (Swinoujscie), 12 Squadron Tralowców (Swinoujscie). The force edge Flotilla organized two specialized units: 8 Anti-aircraft Squadron (Dziwnów), 8. Sapper Battalion (Dziwnów). The logistic activities of 8 Security Defence Flotilla in Swinoujscie, Poland has Command Port of martial law.Nearly 2 thousand seafarers serving in 8. Military units are stationed at the Coast Defence flotilla from Poland, Dziwnów.

Force 8 Coast Defence flotilla actively participate in national and international exercises and combat operations. To the exercise of the national system of Detecting Contamination and alert (KSWSiA) under the name ' PATROL ' 09 ", 8. Coast Defence flotilla wydzielila she even is minowy ORP LUBLIN "and the team of Chemical Rescue with 30. The Chemical Company.In 2009 the ships with 2 Squadron Ships for transportation and minefields have transported troops to international exercises to Great Britain and Sweden. ORP TORUN transported soldiers from 16. Pomerania Division of the roof supports on the DRUIDS DANCE exercises CP., and ' 09 ORP POZNAN transported Airmen from 31 Tactical air base on exercises CP. LOYAL ARROW ' 09.

In September 2009 the destroyers ORP Mewa and ORP Flaming participated in the international operation "Open Spirit" on the Gulf of Finland. Purpose of the operation was winding up arsenals of Europe defaulted to the bottom of the sea since the times of World War I and World War II. As a result of the actions of the ships of FOW 8 more than 3000 kilograms of explosive marine cargo were destroyed. Minesweepers ORP JAMNO, ORP HANCZA and ORP LAKE MAMRY participated together with units from Denmark, Finland, France, the Netherlands, Lithuania, Latvia, Germany, Polish, Russia, the United States, Sweden and the United Kingdom in exercise BALTOPS. From January 2010, ORP Kontradmiral Xawery CZERNICKI with 8 Coast Defence flotilla command ship was Standing By the NATO Defence Przeciwminowej-SNMCMG-1.

All seafarers serving on ships and in the coastal flotilla each year undergo a cycle of training in place and basing on the grounds sea and land. Participate in exercises at the level of the flotylla, the squadron and the block.

On Friday, 27 January 2012, at swinoujskiego port, the ceremony of transfer to the use of the new premises of command 8 Coast Defence Flotilla took place. There was already a building for the Headquarters 8. FOW (at ul. Heroes of September 31), first since 1965. Its history dates back to the early 19th century. According to the available sources, archives, the building was built in 1902. In 1933 he was in command of the Third Reich KriegsmarineNavy, and from 1935 to 1945 command of Krigsmarine. Urzedowali German admirals in it such as: Karl DONITZ, Erich RAEDRER and Gunther LUTJENS. In the postwar period (from 1945r to 1965r) to the Baltic Fleet headquarters building was used by the Soviet Union. In May 1965 it was created 8. Coast Defence Flotilla.

Established the headquarters for the fleet was established precisely at ul. Heroes Of September. In connection with the optimization of costs and rationalising the structures of command was the concept of transfer of command to swinoujskiego martial law Port 8. FOW. After the preliminary programme of the organizacyjno-productive Infrastructure, through the Management Board will lie in Szczecin, making for the development, documentation and implementation of the project for the renovation of one of the buildings of the koszarowych in the port of War. Its refurbishment and modernization were completed in November 2011, while changing the dislocating ended in December last year. At the same time, the old building of the command of the 8th FOW Street heroes of September took over the Agency issuing a property as the property of Military tender