POLISH MERCHANT MARINE FLEET IN 1952

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• Publication Date: September 3, 1953
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COUNTRY Poland
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO.
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
Palish Merchant Marine Fleet in 1952
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DATE DISTR. 3 September 1953
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I. The lolish stae-owned shipping companies included: the Polskie Linie Oceaniczne
(ICI) in Gdynia which opera ed large ships for long-distance voyages, i.e. trans-
?eelantic serviee and long-distance tramping (for ship's list, see Annex 1); the
PolsiAlltaluga florska (PZM) in Stettin, which operated short distance voyages
Incleding liner-service fror Stettin and tramping in the Baltic Sea and the
North Sea (for ship's list, see Annex 2): the DALFOR Przedsiebiorstwo Daleko-
rorsk1ct_ga9eo. in Gdynia. nationalized fishing company which owned all steer
ezawlers, and recenidy bought motor ship YORSKA WOLA, 3,357 GRT, for use as a
fishery tender in the North Sea during summer and as a cargo vessel transport-
ing fish from 'mulden to Swinemuende during the off-season; and the Polskie
Ratownictwo Okeetowe in Gdynia,which Was the state-owned salvage company. No
vessels of this company were observed.
Ships built in 1952.
2. New ships put into service in 1952 included:
5.3. PSTROWSKI
Owned by PIM
M.S. DUNAJEC
Owned by PIN
S.S. NOWA HUTA
Owned by POL
1,55C GRT built by the Danzig Shipyard and launched on
1 May 1950. Seen for the first time in the
coal and ore tramping trade in March 1952.
487 GET
2,684 GRT
built by the Danzig Shipyard and seen ply-
ing between Stettin and Antwerp for the first
time in March 1952.
built by the Danzig Shipyard and launched on
1 May 1950. Seen for the first time on a
voyage to the Mediterranean and, possibly,
to China in October 1952.
S.S, GDYNIA 1,55C GRT built by the Danzig Shipyard, On 4 Noveeher
1952, she was towed to Aarhus for completion,
which took 6 months and cost 4,5030000 Danish
I;rowns,
As compared with previous years, the shipbuilding activity decreased considerably.
The capacity of the shipyards was obviously utilized primarily for the USSR
which took over all.
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1a additional 2hips could be
nyard hands at the end oE"
? ORYNRIK CEOPIE
Omed by POI,
:1;?S. KIEL CE
Cuned by rzyi
Steal' Tanker TRACA
o.,,Ined by PCL
? 2RATERSTWO
Owned by POL
5.S. REFUBLIKA
Owned by a Czecho-
slovakian company
The number of Polish
and included:
1.S. CZECH
GErERAL BEM
^ STAIGWA WOLA
? S. WARIVSKI
WISLA
1;?a. MIKOLAJ REj
'..? ;ARSZAWA
S.S. PRZYS&Of.0
? DAUM
baught abroad in 1952. Ships which had been in
1951 and were delivered included:
8,C61 GRT
2,352 GRT
8,206 GRT
the former WISCONSIN, which after a repair
period of one year was delivered in Le
Havre on 2 August /952 and was placed on
the China route.
the former EMILY SAYBER. which was deliver-
ed in Elsinore in July 1952 and was put
into trarping service after a repair period
of one year.
the former TAVIRA, which after repair was
rut into service in Gdynia on 14 Vovember
1951 and, after a voyage to China, was in
shipyard hands in Amsterdam since 7 July
1952.
7,770 GRT which was in shipyard hands in Shanghai for
repair of weather damage and was to be cam-
pletel by the spring of 1953.
6,419 which had sprung a leak, was in shipyard hands
in Shanghai since August 1952 and was expected
to be finished by the spring of 1953.
ships under
3,649 GRT
5,01/ GRT
3,133 GRT
4,457 GRT
3,1CS GRT
5.614 GRT
6,023. GRT
7,196 GRT
7,001 GRT
KO3CIUSZY0 795V2 GRT
n.3. CURIE SK:a0DOWSKA 4,366 GRT
? IRZYJAZE NARODOW 8,694 GRT
repair in foreign shipyards increased further
in shipyard hands on the Tyne River from
17 March to 26 April 1952.
in Glasgow from 2 March. to 19 May 1952.
Again. in Glasgow since 16 December 1952.
in Middlesborough from 15 December 1952 to
9 August 3952.
In Hamburg from 23 January to 26 February
1953.
in Aarhus froll. 2 September 1951 to 25 May
1953.
in Copenhagen from 27 February to 29 May 1952.
in Glasgow from 5 September to 10 December
1952.
in Hamburg from 25 April to 8 June 1952.
in Tyne Shipyard from 11 October to 24
Decerber 1952.
in Antwerp from 31 March to 19 October 1952.
In Hamburg from 15 February to 5 April 1952.
in Bremen from 20 April to S June 1952.
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;!,263 GRT in Aarnus fror 2L October to 22 Novel-ber 1952
717? GaT
in Barn
Pabrt;lr
fro r 21 Septe7sber 1.951 to
listcd were excelA S.S. which vas otmed by the 71ro.
-'L of other corstrdonsothe Po1isJ1 rs were overburdened or
we unable to repair fore. pn-built -vessels.
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Ships no longer or not observed included:
0DRA and 1:.S? UT 'WA, each of hpo GRT, which were launched on 1 May 1950
were not yet trading; S. JC4EF WIECIOR 1-550 GRT, which had been under
construction in the Danzig Sward 6md which was scheduled to be completed by
Betember 1952, but was not yet observed; S.S. LODZ and S.S. GDANSK, each about
?CC GRT, which were laUnched on 2. May 1950 and probably were taken over by
thh USSR. They were no longer listed in the :hips register.
Stain.; Policy.
In Jt 1952, the Polish Verchant Fleet included 49 ships witI 213,209 GRT of
th shippin company; 21 shire with 34,551 ORT of the Palshipping compuay;
amZ ip Of 7,357 GRT of the DIEYOR or a total of 71 ships ii4ith 251,117 GRT.'
As .',red 1,7JA. 1951, the fleet as not notably. increased. NO additional ships
co-,)jdi De a:mad . activi in the rol14h shinyarde also
poor
Linor sca.vdce, An the Forth Sea, the Baltic Sea and the M diterranean, con-
2=1.:!d at te pre-vios rite vith practAcelly the same shi14s, Passenger vessel
.. BATOM still traded on. the Indian run. Three other ships, engaged in
t7:11s service proce6ed CF'om :i.ndil,.n rorts tc China. It rerAins to be seen
;IALer thev made single trirs or whether this line will be given up as was
'6h.e out 14eries. LIT,ne. These services were discontinued in favor of the
t inla servios. ''b' .r w-,s widened in 1952 and inviolved 1? ships .
,,-ne ih.n (2: percent of the entire PC( fleet. Although
:_', i,ls plar.7:led. to P:190 put Chinese shir.:s and new Ships of East Germany on
this run no such 111.2 'flavc 'neen obseywed. Some of the 8.ips were 'Tanned
with Chine, who had been settded in Danzig. Since sone of the Ships, bought
3J.tr-Tiee (7n the ChkoA IATute, need frelent re,? ir periods in
owns Ililil undez- way, and ,ince no new purchases
be eIxected, an ircreased Lumber of soviet ships we e employed between
.3h port and Cermunist Miitese ports, it cannot be or: icted whether
Lhi same or continually changirg ships will be put on thi trade. The number
0,.. flli125 et,mtered for the China t7773'" l'" 7.roPring as a .esult of the
embargo. It refrains to be seen whether this policy and th fact that ships
with 3.7;.lea :9.r,T)s aE's :iellied 1.(ke1, will have any effect n this still in-
::e.inr.z. fffic..
shinufro: comr.Inv.
..:.e,sular service and tramping of these ships from Stet in remained un-
in (7)52.
a. T:!ALMOR. sh4ping. cor:c!a2v,
Tt fact tbAt DkL1.1011 rut M.S. NORSKA WOLA into service in icated that the
'ish'is iii; vessels in the North Sea were planned to b utilized more
cp16 that fish will be imported by Polish ships.
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With alrost all big ships trading on the China route in 1952 emphusic ef
Pelish shi1.:1in,7 was chief 2y en that trade raking it necessary that irportant
coal ard ore shipments in the Baltic had tc be effected by chartered ships.
This develcpnellt is unsound for the Polish econcry and ray be considered
an indication of soviet 1nperia1isr whicA cisregards the true interest of
loland.
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Fleet of the Polekie Linie OceaniczneelaLLAp Gd/nia
serial
:lurber
Name
GRT
1.
P. BALTYN
7,001
2.
12:. BATORY
14,287
3.
D. BIALYSTOK
7,173
4.,
D. BRATERSTWO
7,777
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6. E. BYTOM
Trading Area and Observations
China service.
Liner service with passengers to India.
Tramping to Murmansk and the Mediterranean.
Made two voyages from Odessa to India since
October 1952.
Under repair in Shanghai since 24 February 1952.
499 Liner service to Scandinavian perts, not ob-
served since July 1952.
5,937 Prior to Septenber 1952, voyages from Narvik
and Ixaea to Danzig. After October 1952, one
voyage to Taku Bar. Entered Gdynia on 2 March
1953.
7. i. CURIE SKIADCUSKA 4,366 China trade.
8. Y. CZECH 3,649 Iron /jay to August 1952, plying between Gdynie
and Hull. Resumed Mediterrenean service in
September 1952.
9. J.FREemn CHOPIN 8,061 Was taken over in Le Havre in August 1952.
Made trip to China between 1 September 1952
and 29 January 1953.
10. GENERAL BEM 5,011 In shipyard hands in Glasgow from March to Kay
1952. Trariping to Lulea and the Mediterranean
from June to Decerber 1952.
11. M. GEHERAI WALTER 4,716 On the Indian run. Voyage to China via India
since December 1952.
12. D. GlIWICE 1,387 Trapping to Mediterranean and North Sea and
Baltic. Not observed since 28 August 1952.
13. D. BEL 1,066 On Baltic port liner service until October 19,2.
Since Noverber 1952, liner service Gdynia to
Antwerp.
14- Y. HUGO TOLLAMJ 3,765 Liner service to India. Left for China on 17,
December 1952.
15. D. JAPOSLAW DABROWSKY 3,219 Liner service between Gdynia and London.
16. D. JEDNOSC
17. Tank E. KARIATY
7,017 China service. First voyage from 1 Deceroer
1951 to 30 December 1952. Left for seccAd trip
to Ulu Bar on 6 February 1953.
6,487 Until 29 April 1952, trading between Odessa
and the Antarctic waters. From 12 August to
2 December 1952, on vtyage from Odessa to
Shanghai and return. Arrived in Danzig from
Constants on 16 February 1953.
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D. MIT%SYI
7,612
China trade. In shipyard hands in Antwerp since
23 January 1953.
19.
D. YOSCIUSZKO
7,572
China service. In shipyard hands in Antwerp
frort March to October 2952. Left Constanta
for China on 10 January 1953.
20.
D. IECH
1,568
Liner service between Gdynia and Hull.
21.
Y. LIZEISTAr
1,907
Mediterranean and Levant service.
22.
Y. LEWANT
1,92C
Mediterranean and Levant service.
23.
D. LUBLIN
1,409
Liner service on Gdynia - Hamburg - Rotterdam run.
24.
M. MARCELEWSKI
1,834
Mediterranean and Levant service.
25.
E. MAZURY
909
Liner service on Gdynia - Hamburg Rotterdam
route.
26.
MICKIENICZ
4,467
China service. Left Colombo for Australia on
5 February 1953 (?).
27.
M. MIK0LAI REj
5,624
China service.
28,
D. NARWIK
7,031
Voyage to China from January to May 1952. Later
tramping to Lulea and Murmansk. Left for China
on 31 December 1952.
29.
h. NOWA HUTA
2,684
New ship built by Danzig shipyard. Trading since
October 1952. Left for Mediterranean on 31 Janu-
ary 1953, perhaps going on to China. Left Suez
on 5 March 1953.
30.
M. OYSYWIE
768
Liner service to Scandinavian ports.
31.
D. 0LSZTYN
1,925
Tramping in North Sea and Baltic.
32,
M. FIAST
3,181
Tramping to Mediterranean, North Sea and Baltic.
33.
M. PONOJ
4,958
China trade.
34.
Tank D. PRACA
8,206
Left Constants for Shanghai. on 24 March 1952.
In shipyard hands in Antwerp since 7 July 1952.
35.
M. PRZYJAZN NARODOW
8,694
China service. Left Gdynia for China on 20 No-
vember 1952.
36.
D. PRZYSZUSC
7,196
China service. Left Suez for Talc!) Bar on 31
January 1953.
37,
D. PUCK
1,166
Liner service on Gdynia - Hamburg - Antwerp route.
3.
D. MASK'
7,083
China service. Left Djibouti for Shanghai on
33 January 1953.
39.
Tank Y. MY
759
North Sea and Baltic. Left Rotterdar: with coco
oil for Gdynia. on 24 Decerrber 1952.
40.
D. SLASK
1,400
Liner service between Danzig and Finnish ports.
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I. STAJCWA WCLA 30:33 In shipyard hands in
until 9 August 1952.
D. TOBRUK 7,048 China service. Left Gdynia
January 1953.
21
Middlesbo (Middelsborough?)
Tramping to Mediterranean.
for China on
0.
Tank TURVIA
666
Not observed.
44.
M. WAREIA
902
Liner service en Gdynia - Hamburg - Antwerp run.
45.
L. WARSZAWA
6,021
China service. Left Suez for Taku Bar on 31
January 1953.
46.
N. WARTA
5,593
China service. Left Stalin for Gdynia on 28
February 1953 coming from Taku Bar.
47.
M. WARYNSKI
4,457
Arrived in Gdynia from South America on 4 May
1952. Later two voyages to India. Left Hamburg
4E.
D. WISIA
3,108
after repair on 26 February 1953,
In shipyard hands in Aarhus until 15 May 1952.
Left Danzig for Spezia with timber on 20
January 1953.
Total:
The flatt_gf the Poiskie Linie Oceaniczne consists clAlablies with a total tonnagp
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G'0...te Y9rg.kan..e.Iptn
GRT Trading Area and Observations
1. D. BRYGADA FAKOWSIEG0 1,944
2. h. DIMAJEC 481 New ship. On liner service between Stettin and
entweri. since March 2952.
11285 Liner service on London - Rouen - Antwerp in.
2,263 Tramping in. the Baltic.
Tramping in the North Sea and the Baltic.
3. le ELBLAG
4, D. GCE?
5. D. J-:;,rycsc
.10EOTNICLA
D. AMICE
7. D. KUNO
8. D. KOLOBRZEG
2,003 Tramping in the Baltic and the North Sea.
2,352 Completed repair in Elsinore shipyard. Tramping
in the North Sea and the Baltic. Left Danzig
for Alexandria on 21 February 1953.
2,487 Tramping in the North Sea and the Baltic.
2,370 Tramping. Left Danzig for Italy on 27 February
1953.
0 D. KRAKOW 2,029 Tramping in the North Sea and the Baltic.
IC. D. KUM 2,183 Tramping in the North Sea and the Baltic.
11. V. NARBW 218 Liner service on. the Stettin-Stockholm run.
'Jas not observed trading.
12. D. NAROCZ 1,795 Tramping in the Baltic. Not observed since 21
Wovenber 1952.
13, Y. NYSA
/4. D. POZNAN
15. D. PSTROWSKI
16. D. RATAJ
M . SAN
18. D. SOLDEK
19. D. TORUM
20. D. WIELUN
21, D. 4ROULAW
Total.
486 Liner service on the Stettin -.London - Rouen
Rotterdam run.
2,017 Tramping in the North Sea and the Baltie.
1,550 New'ship, tramping in the Nerth Sea and the Baltic
eince March 1953.
1,021 Tramping in the Baltic. Not observed since 23 May
1952.
487 Liner service on the Stettin - London - Rouen -
Rotterdam run.
2,005 Completed repairs on U. November 1952. Tramping
in the North Sea and the Baltic since that date.
1,978 Tramping in the North Sea and the Baltic. Left
Gdynia with coal for Italy on 11 February 1953.
2,018 Tramping in the Baltic and the North Sea.
1,589 Tramping in the North Sea.
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