INFORMATION ON GDYNIA HARBOR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R010400350006-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 3, 2002
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: February 25, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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GE AL ENC] -AGENCY REPORT NO.
COUNTRY
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PLACE
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DATE OF
INFO.
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Aires on 26 September 1951 in tow of another vessel because s
lost her propeller. From 10 to 17 August 1951, she stayed in
from Tsingtao in Hamburg until
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carried were destined for Hamburg and her ore cargo for Czech t1toveki..
From Hamburg she proceeded in ballast to Gdynia where she toa
10,000 tons of coal for Buenos Aires. The vessel arrived in B6Nws
INFORMATION REPORT QD NO.
Information on Gdynia Harbor
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Pj char)
about 3,000
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deck or the battleship. (1)
with carbines. The frontier police were accompanied by German e
dogs when searching the vessels leaving harbor.
Pump steamers were working on the German battleship GnaggZau c$
was scuttled at the harbor entrance. Pumps were also seen on der
Female harbor police were seen for the first time In Gdynia, Tbay re
a blue cap with a visor and a golden anchor badge, a blue jacket h
dark buttons, a plaited skirt, a brown belt; some of them we-e army.
1 E1 e snipments rrom Lulea, Sweden increased considerably. On 14 August
51, the so-called Schlesische Kai (Silesian Quay) was closed
al shipments. Onl ore carrying vessels are now allowed to
ere. From 13 to 17 August 1951, the following ore- ,carriers s
i- tg Name !2f S h i n Tct o Ore CA
11 August Man1a Hill (British) about 103000 t (tz and
Pen1oote (Finnish) about 3,000
+' (Polish) about 3,000
uust 4pn-rlk Ibsen
Norwegian
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14 August
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o-.i (Polish)
about 2
000
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Mill-
Hill (British)
,
10
600 tons
(3)
,
15 August
B j 3ys k (Polish)
10,000 tons
(4)
1- 6 'August
a.thild i (Swedish)
2,000 tons
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vessel of uniden-
tified nationality. -10-1000 tons
On .13 -And 14 August 1951, the tanker LLY-Irk underwent engine trials.(5)
On 14 August ,? the Soviet. 8.81. _ 5, 9OO GRT) Loaded coal.
This vessel came from the Fir Eas ? e~i A.Z platformseee counted
(3 on the forecastle 07The o on the bridge two aft of the funnel and
three at the mast). Soviet tug ; put in with the
seagoing lighter, NSU it-tow. They-Left again with a cargo of coal
on 15 August 1951. 15 August, the Briti*h 5,5, Commddgr
e Orgyn.
(7,130 GILT) enter-ed in ballast and left harbor in the evening. (7)
The Norwegian S..S. (3,300 GRT) with a full eargro_of Umber
shifted berth from Holz a en,. (Lumber Harbor) to Sch esiseher Kai for
coaling. She left. Gdynia for'I urban arriving on.. 8 October 1951.. One
ship of the POL put in full loaded but her name could not.be
identified, On 17 August, the Polish M.S. Batgry (14.,287 GIST) put in.
3e was . ue 'to leave for her first vo
S r, (No - to India and Pakistan ? n
19 ,oust. (8) The French 3.3. GRT) left harbor with a
cargo of coal. The small Soviet. put in and left harbor.
in the evening with a cargo of coal. n August} the !'olish
S.S. hol6tr (2 3 0' GR ) entered port in ballast, (`) The Soviet'
S.S.
=Zm ursk (22,33u GRT) also entered port in ballast on the same,
day. 10
6. During the stay of the S.S. in Gdynia, the following Polish
warships were observed. On I August, the minesweeper 4'o U
put in
from sea. She wasfipainted ;ray and her funnels were irlar e by two'
red rings.. About 3:20 a.m. on 14 and 16 august, submarines and
D__12 left harbor, putting in again about 6 p.ra. During all that time
1_ was berthed beside the qty In the wear harbor. Submarines B. 12
and B 13 were of the same type. Their forward gun had :a yellow bid,
is a smaller-type, but her conning tower is higher. The forecast
lateral tanks is a striking feature of the vessel,.Onp16 August, the.
Polish auxiliary i:,~r d .. (second name was not identified)
anchored in the roadstead. On the forecastle she carried,a gun of
about 38 mT-i; on the forward part of the bridge Were two AA weapons
behind a protective shield, :n.d at the stern another gun of about
33 min. She was a conventional merch:_.nt steamer with portlights. In.
the afternoon, a former German landing craft (Larinefaehrprahm)
flying the Polish naval Jack left port. A Polish tug with a target
in tow coming from Danzig passed the roadstead and proceeded toward
Hela.
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Comment s .
(1) coop ing to other reports the C will
began in April 1951
be scrapped. Work
.
(2) This ship has not been reported under iay to
date.
It
is known
she was built by the shipyard in Danzig. Her
size
is
19550 GRT.
that
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(3) This ship was renamed gdutgor,, She was sold to a Panamanian
shimring company and carries the f1af of Liber , She left Gdynia
and Antwerp for Karachi in early September 19,,,,
(4) ThIs`ship ran aground on the south coast of Bill on 2 August 195
and could only be refloated after lengthy sal operations carriE
out by Polish tugs.
(5). Accordin to other information, the name of the ship Ica. Sh,
has not been engaged in trade.
(6) In late June, this ship arrived -in Antwerp comigg from the Far fast
and left Antwerp for Gdynia. Other reports sta%Q that She passed
the Kiel Canal en route from Rotterdam on 10 t 19% Her
destination was declared to be Libau, but she pft-eeeded to Gdynia.
(7) This ship-left Gdynia for Casablanca. he,was erved heady three
times on this route. She is possibly chartered the PAL..
(8) M.S. B&tor returned to Gdynia from her., first vo ge t:O India and
Pakistan on 10 October 1951.
(9) This ship arrived from the shipyard in Aarhus, Denmark ire she had
been from 24 April to 9 August 1951.
(10) This ship has not,, been observed since larch 19 5,1. She poems to trade
only between Baltic ports.
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