THE POLISH MERCHANT MARINE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000600260633-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: R
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 3, 2011
• Sequence Number: 633
• Publication Date: November 8, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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THIS IS UYEVALUATED INFORPIATION
On 6 November 19+13, the first of a eories of ore end coal Derriere
wne launched in the Pninnek 3hiltjaris. This was a turning point in the
affairs of the yesng Pc.Lfeh shipbuilding irxiuetry which started production
almost einmlteaeouely with the clearing ::f postwar rubble, and subsequently
completed on schedale the hull of the first ship of this type. It ie eepeoinlly
important since it was the first merchant ship built of Polish materials by
Palish engineers sad Polish workmen. Mich its launching, Poland became one
of the n.tioas vhicL build their merchant ships in their own shipyards.
On 29 Juno 199, the fifth of the ore and coal carriers, the Siinceaty
PaTroweri, will be iavncbeQ. The launching of this ship will bring the
status of the ryrrchaat fleet an?1 its prcepectie in foreign trade to the
nttentioa of the nation.
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The ore ~d coal carriers are aeeigaed to service in the Ba1Lic,
eeyeoiai.ly for traneportine3 coal irc? Polan3 to the Scaudinacinn couatriea
.and iron ore from these countries to Poland.
These reesels have a capacity of 2,5b0 dead-weight tans a~ have the
following dimmnsione (ia a~etere): length, 85.95; beam, 12; ani. draft, 5.35.
These carriers will be steer! powered, ~rurrantly the mc.# ..%eantageous ms.ao4
nlt2fough the ehlpbuildiag i~uetry hsa recently been favoring oil power. Thny
will be equipped with automatic loading devices which w111 operate without
the help of trimere. All the vessels of this aeries are bing built in
Tea Ci~arek Saaip'nxde on the order of the assts-managed ~g~rnia Ameryar
2favlgation Linen Joint Stock Company in Gdynia, preeeatly the largest ship
outfitter.
The ~eliminary de3lgne for the carriers were worked Dut at the Central
Conetractioa Bureau of the Polish Associated Shi~fyarde. Lack of ezperte
neceeeitatsd the making of the mechanical draxinge abroad (A. Normand is
F~v H0.Yre). However, the plans were cunnged somewhat to adapt tham to the
production capacity of tho shipyards.
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A merchant fleet le divided Into taro basic types, intermediary and instrumental.
The Intermediary feet 1e characterized main ~ by the servicing of forelAta por$s and
(408,000), with a total conncge of 8,991,236 gross regie~ered tone or 13 percont
of the world tonnage, Leloag t7 a third type, the mired type,
fibs Polish merchant fleet belongs to the eecon