GDYNIA: HARBOR INSTALLATIONS, THE ARKA FISHING COMPANY, AND THE REPAIR SHIPYARDS

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• Publication Date: March 5, 1957
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COUNTRY
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PLACE
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Poland
Gdynia:'`Harbor Installations, the
Arka Fishing Company, and the
Repair Shipyards
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REFERENCES
5 March .1957
1. Description of the tort of Gdynia, ;with sketch,
2. Report on.the Arka Fishing Company, including drawings of types of
fishing boats used; the port of Gdynia, keyed.to a scale map; and,
the Gdynia Repair Shipyard, keyed to a sketch map,
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COUNTRY Poland
SUBJECT : G D Y N I A - The "ARK " Fishing Company - -The Gdynia Repair
Shipyards ("Stocnia Remontowa Gdynska")
I. THE "ARKA" FISHING CM4'ANY
THE CANidER I
The "ARIBA" fishing organization, is a large enterprise that has at
its disposal a large cannery and a fleet of 250 fishing boats. The
building installations basically consist of a four-story building
and 2-3 other buildings, that are within the area of the harbor.
The total of the workers employed in the cannery, comes up to 1,500.
The dail-tr output of the cannery amounts to 250-300 tons. The
cannery operates with one shift of workers. Some departments use
two shifts. The total of Polish fishing is canned at the "ARKA1?
cannery.-
B. THE "ARIA" FISHING FLEET
The fleet of "ARKA" includes about 250 vessels. Of these vessels, 150
are of the B-12 type, built after .?orld VSar II (many of these vessels
were built in the "STOCNI(, REMONT0111A GDYNSKA" shipyard in Gdynia), 80
are iron ones of uniform type and the remaining,. about 20, are of
various types.
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a) THE B-12 FISHING VESSEL (See drawing Q,
The B-12 fishing boats are being used for fishing in the high seas.
These fish in the North Sea in summer. They are of the following
description:
Built: This is mixed, viz. their skeleton (timbers, beams, girders,
waterproof partitions, etc.) is made of iron, while their
outer cover and the deck are made of wood.-
Dead-weight: 80 tons,
Length: 45-50 feet.-
Breadth: about 15 feet.-
These vessels have one hold. The inner walls of this hold, are
lined with cork.-
Engines: These have a 250 HP, 250 round, Super-DIESEL 'BOLOUNT'
45-50 kilos of DIESEL oil
per hour. Each vessel has 4 fuel tanks of 12 tons each.
However, they can take fuel in barrels as well.
by using 45-50 kilos per hour, they have 25X1
enough fuel for about 5 days. Unen B-12 vessels are
fishing in the North Sea, they are supplied with food-
stuffs and fuel, by supply ships
good weather conditions, these telephones'
phone.
range is 600 mi
Masts: These have two masts.-
Speed: 10-12 miles p.h.
Tele-communications: All these are equipped with a wireless tele-
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Navigation equipment: All these are equipped with a radio direction
finder and a sound detecting instrument. These
vessels have no Radar. They are further
equipped with two compasses and two helms
viz. one on the bridge and one on the false
bridge. The compasses are of German manufac-
ture.-
Refrigeration: The kinetic engine is joined by a strap with the
refrigeration machine which it puts into motion.
Refrigeration tubing is there in tie hold.
Known defects: The timber used for the outer cover, is of very
poor quality (coarse-brained timber) and, for this
reason, the vessels are drawn up on land every three
years, to have the easily destroyed boards of their
outer cover replaced.-
Ability to floats These vessels have four water-proof partitions
and considerable reserves o navigabity, so that
they can stay afloat, even if one of thei water-
proof compartments is flooded.-
Crews Their crew consists of 9 persons, viz. a Master, an asst.
Master, an Engineer, an asst. Engineer, four sailors and a
ship's boy.-
Fishing: This is done with nets. These vessels have their two
fishing davits on the right hand side. Their winch is
quite powerful.-
General Informations These vessels a ils for extra
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can be used as mine-sweepers, although their
winch is on the bow side of the superstructures.
Their bridge is a high one - about 15 feet
above the deck. B-12 vessels being built now,
have a projecting roof,
The capstan is hand operated.-
b) TI-L45-TON IRON FISHING VESSEL (See drawing B)
These vessels are of uniform type and there are 80 of them, all
property of "ARKA'I.-
These are being used exclusively for fishing; in the Baltic Sea.-
They are built in Stettin and Danzig.-
These vessels are of the following description:
Built: These are made of iron. The iron plates of the outer cover,
are welded together.-
Dead-weight: 45 tons,
Length: about 25 feet.-
Breadth: about 12 feet.-
These have one hold. The inner walls of this hold, are lined with
cork.-
Engines: They have one Super-DIESEL engine. This engine is of a
different type from the one used in B-12 vessels.-
Masts: They have two masts. The sternal mast is a very small one.-
Speed: about 8 miles p.h.
Tele-communications: All are equipped with a wireless telenhone.-
Navigation equipment: Not all are equipped with a radio direction
speed.H
finder and a sound detecting instrument. At
any rate, the Majority of them are.-
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Refrigeration: These have no refrigeration system. Preserving of
the fishing proceeds is done with ice.
Crew: 4-5 persons, viz. the Master, an Engineer and 2-3 sailors,
man these ships.-
Fishing: See relative paragraph for B-12 vessels,
General Information: These vessels can also use sails for extra
speed.-
c) THE RE.MINI.IG " ARKA" FISHING BOATS
These, about 20 in number, are of various types.-
d) TIME "ARKA" SHIPS-REFRIGERATORS
The "AFiKA" Co. uses two large ships 'as floating refrigerators for
the preservation and transporting of the fishing proceeds of the
boats fishing in the high seas. One of them, an approx. 5,000 ton
motor-ship, is called 'IuORSKA VOLA'. The other, an approx. 10,000
ton steam-ship, is called 'FREDERIK 3OPEN'. Doth are old German
ships.-
C. PRIVATELY O,DMD FISHING FLEET
These come up to about 200 vessels of 15-35 tons each. They use ice
for refrigeration and preserving of the fishing proceeds. Almost all
are equipped with a wireless telephone. Some of them are equipped
with a radio direction finder and a sound ditecting instrument.
Privately owned fishing boats compulsorily turn over to "ARKA", L.bN
of the fishing proceeds to be canned, while the. remainder they are
allowed to sell at will,
Polish fishing fleet uses for bases the ports of the Baltic Sea, 25X1
Gdynia,
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The crews of all fishing boats consist of Poles and Polish-Germans.-
D. NAVIGATION EgUIPP,TENT
All wireless telephones used by Polish fishing boats, are made
in East Germany. A Polish company under the name of 'MGRS' was
recently established, which either manufactures, or possibly just
assembles, the wireless telephones, the radio direction finders,
the sound detecting equipment, etc. that are sent from abroad.-
II. THE PORT OF GD fi IA
(The numbers are noted on attached drawing E).-
1. Southern entrance to harbor. It can be used by vessels of all
tonnages. It is mainly used in seasons when the main entrance
(the Eastern one) is blocked by ice. It draught is 25 feet.-
2. Fishing School (SKOL& RIBATSKA).
The building is an enormous one, possibly a four-story one. F
3. A recess, used by pleasure boats (yachts, etc.). It is being used
by Naval Officers. Some of them are not entitled to use pleasure
boats.-
4. Special beach, used exclusively by Naval Officers. It is surrounded
by a wall.-
. A park, now under construction.-
6. The Naval Officers' Club. The building is an old, 40.X 40 meters$'
two-story one, that is well-maintained. Its roof forms a terrace.
The building is guarded by sailors.- 25X1
ak.out 50 Officers of all ranks, at the most.-
roup of mainly one-story buildings. These house Marine Services
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and about 50 Marines. This number includes the carpenters
engaged in maintaining and repairing the yachts and other
pleasure boats of the Officers. Admission to areas 2 and 7
is unrestricted.-
8. General Hqs of Polish urines. The building is a 60 X 60 meters,
5-6-story one. It has been built recently and it is now being
whitewashed.
This is the seat of an old Marine admiral. At any possibility,
this is the Hqs of the Polish 11arines.
serving here come up to 500.-
8a. This block, too, belongs to the ;arines.-
9. A street, built by small cubic stone, called OULITSA '.^1SICHTONA.-
10. Recess for anchorage of fishing boats, called 'RI1 ATSIKA'.-
11. Area of the ".FARKAIt fishing organization, viz. offices and cannery
(see relative chapter). Letter a marks the two entrances to the
lla. A repair-shop for fishing boats and a sliding board to serve the
"ARYLA" fishing boats, are being built
E I the repair-shop should, because
of its size, include 15 tons (?). The sliding board has a concrete
floor with rails laid on it. The hoisting power of the sliding
board will be for vessels of up to 100 tons.-
12. Naval sentry posts on the breakwater. These are manned by 3-t
sailors each, and are equipped with a telephone and a search
light. At the sentry post on the Southern entrance,
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a machine gun.
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seen at this point, barges of the Navy receiving oil.- 25X1
14. Anchorage for the "ARKA" fishing boats.-
15. The periods mark the area of the'STOCNIA REi:iONTO a GDYNSKA"
shipyards (See relative chapter, with drawing).-
16. k sliding board of the "STOCNIA REIIIONT0VU: GD?NSKA" shipyard ( A
detailed description of this sliding board, is given'in a separate
chapter about these shipyards).-
17. Two floating dry-docks belonging to the "STOCNI.AA REMONT0Wk
GD NSKA" (See relative chapter).-
18. The COiVE,IUNA PARISA Shioyardss
Those have two sliding boards and built vessels of 1,000-1,200
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employed at these shipyards exceed 2,500.-
All ships, built b;;- this shipyard, are ships of the same type
(SISTER SHIPS) (See drawing C). The engines put in the ships
the
built, are of/internal combustion, 750 HP tyre, and are made in
Hungary. These ships have one propeller, two holds, and crew
quarters and the bridge are on the stern.-
Their speed is 9-10 miles,
The total of the ships built, is received by the Soviets.
that up to that time, the Soviets had
received 18 ships. Two or three ships were delivered to red China
in May 1956. The Poles kept only one ship, the 'PILICA', which
is somewhat different in shape (it has not projecting roof).
It takes some time for the ships'built:to be completod9,following
launching. Soviet technicians supervise from beginning to'end,
ships built for their account, and examine thoroughly the
work being done.-
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Quite often, they give orders for things to be done over. 'fork
for the expansion of the shipyards, was done in July. Basically,
there are two shifts working in the shipyards.-
The shipyard has a foundry for cast iron. The two shipyards
(the COMMU11A PARISA and the STOCNA RE1,10NTOVA GDYNSKA) co-overate
with each other.-
19. Two floating dry-docks belonging to the "COiii.iUNA PARISA" ship-
yards. The large one has a 12,000-ton hoisting power.
The small one, which has a hoisting capacity of )4-5,000 tons,
has received the Polish s/s (1 0LLREG in Polish). ^oth 25X1
dry-docks are of this shape U , and have a crane on one of
the towers.
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20. Position where loading is effected for (iron,
sheet-iron, machinery).
I6-7 electric cranes are there
on the mole. The goods are stored out of doors (there are no
warehouses near the mole).-
21. This space belongs to the Polish Salvage Service. This Service
has at its disposal two powerful tug-boats suitably equipped
for drawing up shipwrecks (pumps etc.) and a steam-driven pontoon
(self-propelled) of more than 800 tons, which is equipped with
all diving and refloating apparatus to do similar work at a
large scale. The pontoon bears a 75-ton crane in its middle. The
engine room of the pontoon is sternwards. Its crew is 60 men,
including the divers. its length is 200 feet, its breadth 45-50
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The Salvage Service has at its disposal about 15 floats. Soviet
technicians are attached to this Service, too,
21a. Position for loading coal. A total of about 10 cranes and portal
cranes are there between points a-b. These are electric ones and
travel on iron tracks.-
Three large vessels can dock at mole a-b.
Loading of ships ordinarily takes place directly from the rail-
road cars.-
22. ?Machinery for automatic loading of coal, are installed on the
two marked piers and in particular on the northern end of the
Southern pier and on both ends of the Northern pier (these are
marked with dots on attached drawing 'E'). One vessel of a
LIBERTY ship's capacity, can load on each side.
23. Workshop for buoy and lighthouse maintainance and repair.-
24. Position of anchorage of the vessel of the lighthouse and buoy
service. This service has only one vessel at its disposal of
approx. 300 tons.-
25. Position for unloading of ore, as well as for loading of iron
pieces to be shipped to China.-
26. The ROTTERDA1ASKY pier.-
27. Position not used for loadings and unloadings. Ordinarily, ships
waiting to load up anchor there.-
28. A destroyed mole. this is now 25X1
being repaired.-
29. Docking position of the Polish passenger ship s/s BATTORY.-
30. A wooden mole under construction. It consists of wooden beams
covered by boards.-
31. fuilding housing the Harbor-;Master's Office and the Pilot Station.
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The Harbor-Master's Office includes men of a special, armed
Corp)
32. Tug-boat anchorage. The port has four tug-boats at its disposal.
Two of them are named TITAN and ATLPIS. These are steam-driven
and of old manufacture.-
Regarding their HP, all four assist in 25X1
towing, w.len the passenger ship BATTORY arrives.-
33. Position for loading general cargo,
L_J Cranes and warehouses are there along the entire length 25X1
of the mole.-
34. The POLSKY basin.-
35. 'Dead' position. There are no cranes.-
36. Position for unloading of peanuts and dry fruits in general,
for the extraction of oil by a plant nearby.
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37. A seed-oil plant.-
38. A silo, having four suction machines.-
39. There are no means for loading and unloading at this place,
which is used by ships anchored there for various reasons.-
40. Same as above,
41. A free zone. Shipments for China are effected from this place.-
42. VOLNA STftEFA (Free Zone) basin.-
43. iuild ings occupied by VOP (Border Troops) . -
44. Are not used for anything.-
45. Two dredgers with handles worked there to deepen
the sea. New harbor works are also being done.- 25X1
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there are no fuel tanks to be seen.-
47a. Salvage of a German cruiser, drawn up in 1954,
NAVAL BASE
L8. Area of Naval Base
the piers shown
on the map, do not exist except for one or two. 25X1
Area for loading timber.
The s/s gross tonnage 7059 25X1
kors, has loaded at this position.-
47. One of the positions marked., is for refueling. At any rate,
The Polish Fleet is served (dry-docking, etc.) by the CO7.DRJNA
PARISA shipyards.
Soviet Naval 1.1ission to about 40-45 Officers.
49. This area belongs to the Navy and is used for anchorage of
fleet units,
This is where ordinarily the Soviet Fleet units anchor, when-
ever they visit Gdynia. Ordinarily, this happens once or twice
a year. I the cruiser SVEL1)OV and 3-14 destroyers visited 20x"'
the port.-
50. Area belonging to the Naval Base, with many ruins caused
46.
during World War II.-
51. A hill named OXIIBIA, part of the Naval ease area.-
5-8 tall, wireless antennas are there on this hill.
circular, netted Radar antenna is also seen. The Radar antenna
stands lower than the other antennas.-
NAVAL I&NOEUVERS, ETC.
Throughout the entire summer viz from Mav till the end of
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September, the Polish Fleet, sailing from Gynia goes on
manoeuvers at sea.
Ordinarily, all vessels sail away, to return in groups every
1 - 12 months.
Sailors' service is 4-5 years.
In Gdynia, the Polish Navy has many trucks. at its disposal.
It also has many passenger cars at its disposal, to pick up the
officers from their homes. In particular,
all officers ranking from Lt. Senior Grade and up, are being
taken from one place to the other by passenger cars.
seen two
Polish Admirals. It seemed that one of them, an old man, was
the Llarine Commandant. The other, a young one, must have been
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SHIPBUILDING IN STETTIN
rin the Polish shipyards in STETTIN
Jships of up to 5,500 tons were being built there and
these were being delivered exclusively to the Soviets.
The shipyard has two sliding boards at its disposal. It takes
about 16 months for a ship to be built and about 6-8 months are
required for its completion, following its launching into sea.
Soviet technicians supervise the ships being built from the
beginning. They are very subtle and they reject even the least
of careless work.
GENERAL INF0I-61ATION ABOUT THE PORT OF GDYNIA 25X1
Ships supply in water is done from the moles. There is a complete
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network of water supply. The entrances to the harbor are open,
that is no blockings have been casted into the sea.-
III. THE GL)VIA REPAIR SHIPYEIRDS ("STOCNI4 REIii0NT01& GDYNSKA'I
A. ORGANIZATION
These shipyards are in basin No. 2
The letters explained herebelow, are shown on attached drawing 'D'o
a) A 15 meters wide X 30 meters long, two-story, brick building.
The arrangement of the ground floor is shown on the drawing. The
schools mentioned function at certain hours and on certain days of
the week, with the purpose of perfecting the occupational skills
of the workers of the shipyard. The first floor includes office
spaces, a movie room and a doctor?s office.-
b) A one-story brick building, with a roof made of tar-paper. The
dimensions of this building, are those of building a. The two end
departments of this building are engaged in steam-engine (repairs ?)
as well as in building small windlasses (winches) for small vessels
of up to 100 tons in capacity.-
c) This building has the same height all around, though in some
parts it is a one-story building, while in other parts it is a two-
story one. Its dimensions are 20 meters wide X 30 meters long X 12
meters high. It is built of bricks. The department of auxiliray
iron works, employs about 40 persons. The department for the manu-
facture of bumpers, etc., employs a!Dout 20 persons. The electro-
motor repair department employs about 15 persons.-
(1) A brick warehouse for storing iron materials. This is surrounded
by a projecting roof (marked by dots on the drawing) t1te space under
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which is also used for storing materials.-
e) A boiler room. It includes four old boilers of 10 tons each.
These supply the plant with steam, primerily to keep the plant
warm, and in the second place to move some of the machinery. The
central compressor of the shipyard operates on steam. The main
source of energy of the shipyard is electricity. Three shifts of
workers give the boiler room continuous operation. Its personnel
consists of six stockers and a chief-stocker. The boiler room
is built of bricks. H.ecently, they brought to the boiler room
two more boilers that were drawn up from a wrecked ship. These
two boilers have not been connected, for it is probable the
steam-driven machinery to move on electricity.-
f) Central electric work-shop. This is a one-story, brick building.
It personnel, consisting of about 20 persons, makes all electric
installations on the fishing boats.-
g) There are about 10 foremen. These are technicians supervising
all work done.-
h) A one-story, brick building, housing a group of upholsterers
(5 persons) and painters (about 40 persons).-
1) A pole made of netted iron shafts, about 40 meters high. The
top is pyramidal. The base is It X 4 meters. On the top and on each
side, this bears 2 search-lights (8 in all) which illuminate a
large part of the shipyard.-
ia) Concrete base of a machine-gun nest. This has been built by
the Germans and is not being used today.-
ib) A brick building, housing a life squad consisting of 5-6 persons.,
ic) The shipyard guard-house. This houses about 25 persons v:ith a
econd Lt. in charge. All have been issued sub-acliine guns. At
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id) A wooden building housing a group of 4-5 persons engaged in
refilling batteries for Diesel-engined vessels.-
ie) A two-story, brick building, housing a carpentry shop. This
makes wooden hold covers, furniture, etc. It employs more than
40 persons.-
The same building houses a blacksmith's shop that makes shins'
bridges, timcers, beams, keels. etc. From the standpoint of
equipment, this has 2 presses , 3 milling machines, two electric
scissors, 2 or 3 scythes, and has at its disposal 2-3 groups of
weldors.-
Light objects are stored on the first floor,
if) A low shed, used for storing various kinds of shipbuilding
materials.-
ig) A two-story, brick building. Dimensions: 50 meters long X 25
meters wide X 10-12 meters high. This houses the central electric
and oxyzen welding department of the shipyard. It employs 3 persons.
ja) An 8 meter wide X 30 meter long, one-story, wooden building,
) Central gate to the shipyard. It is guarded by two sentries.-
electro-welding machine and an auto- 25X1
matic cutter. The blacksmiths' department has at its disposal, 5-6
furnaces, two electric scissors for cutting sheet iron, and a
steam-hammer. Tith regard to the steam-hammer,
it was a 10-ton one. About 50 persons are working
in the plumbing department. The entire first floor is used for
office space.-
ih) Shoe and tailor shop for the workers.-
ii) a kiosk.-
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only for the noon meal.-
jb) An approx. 25 meter long, two-story building. The ground floor
is used for storing materials. it further houses the store-room of
the Fire Dept.-
The first floor is used for office space.-
jc) Central offices of the shipyards. These include the office of
the Director of the shipyards, finance services, etc.-
jd) A two-story building. The upper floor includes offices and
warehouses. This is where the group of specialized technicians and
the maintainance men of the shipyards' mechanical installations,
are housed. It employs about 25 persons.-
je) A light pole, similar to the one mentioned here-above (see para-
graph (i).-
jf) A strong, concrete building, including the shipyard hangars
(shipbuilding beds) where the B-12 fishing boats are built. This
is )0 meters wide, about 60 meters long and about 15 meters high.
It includes two large furnaces a~out 10 meters long, which overate
on air and coal and which are used for bending the timbers, the
(stern) posts , the girders, etc., of the ships being built.
The shipbuilding lines are being engraved in the regular size of the
vessels under construction, in the engraving room. Although there
four shipbuilding beds (marked by red lines), the shipbuilding lines
of only one vessel are engraved in the engraving room, as all
vessels are of the same type.-
There are 4-5 model-makers. A crane, moving on tracks, is attached
the roof of the shipyard hangar. This is used for the placing
of various parts of the vessels being built.-
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jg) A slip-way of the shipyards. The permanent slip-tivay is made of 25X1
cement. An old slip-way was there at this position. This was
broadened The work was done by Poles. Four metallic beams
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are placed on the permanent slip-way, on which the wake of the
vessel slides assisted by wheels. The wake is a strong platform
with a central series (line) of cavils (kevels) and lateral
supports. This slip-way is of the standard, lateral type, that is,
the ship enters the slip-way and is drawn up laterally and not
longitudinally. The refloating of the wake is done with an electric
windlass. The vessels drawn up to land from the wake, are pulled
on wheels toward the sides of the slip-way. There are four positions
on each, left and right, side of the slip-way, to receive the
vessels being drawn up, and each position is capable of receiving
three vessels of the B-12 type, one after the other.
Totally, 2L vessels of the E-12 type can be drawn up, of which 12
go on the right-hand, and 12 on the left-hand, side of the slip-
way. Ordinarily, those being drawn up to undergo repairs go on the
right-hand side, while the left-hand side receives the vessels that
leave the shipbuilding beds to have their building completed.-
(or tin smiths)
jh) A wooden building housing the plumbers A (4-5 persons).-
ji) A rigging work shop. About 10 persons (riggers) are employed
to build the masts, the sails, the rigging, etc.-
k) The Fire Station of the shipyard (a wooden building).
This has at its disposal about 5-6 two-wheel and four-wheel barrows
bearing Diesel-engined pumps for drawing up water from the sea.
he Station is further equipped with two-wheel barrows bearing
ladders, and with many hoses. The personnel of the Fire Station,
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comes up to about 10. There is an
equipment. There are further many minor fire stations that include
portable foam extinguishers, shovels, pick-axes, water and sand
tanks, etc. There are also many water valve's (hydrants) with hoses,
as well as electric fire alarms.-
ka) A closed gate, guarded by a sentry.-
kb) Two electric cranes of 5 tons in hoisting power each. These are
of pre-war manufacture. One of them was being repaired
kc) The small floating dry-dock of the shipyard. This is shaped 25X1
like a U and is made of iron. It has no crane. This is a self-
submerging one and its hoisting power is about 500-600 tons.
this has drawn up the Polish motor-ship ATLAS,
kd) The large floating dry-dock of the shipyard. This 'is an iron,
about 80 meters long, dry-dock and is shaped like a U . It has no
crane. This is the one half of a salvaged floating dry-dock. Its
hoisting power is about 1500 tons. As an example,
this has received the Polish tankers TOUiiNIA and RISI. 25X1
This cannot submerge and emerge by itself. It is, therefore, for
this reason that, whenever it is about to receive a ship, it is
towed to the 'COMIUMA PARISA' shipyards where, with the use of
mechanical energy, it submerges, receives the vessel and 25X1
then emerges. This dry-dock is not anchored, but it is tied down
to the mole.
Ice) Point for all fishing boats to bunker. It has one supply pipe
that gives out about 20 tons of Diesel oil per hour.-
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/kf) A strong, camouflaged, underground air shelter, built by the
Germans.-
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kg) Central air-compressor. It is supplied by steam from the
boiler room of the plant.-
kh) A closed gate, guarded by a sentry.-
1) Gate used by the personnel.-
la) The red line indicates the railroad track. The red dotted line
marks a railroad track, about the direction of which the Source
cannot give precise information.-
lb) A barbed wire fence, separating this side of the shipyards
from the rest of the harbor.-
lc) Same as above.-
ld) A sentry of the harbor (not of the shipyards).
Except for areas lc and ld, the shipyard is surrounded by a
stone-wall.-
B. SEA AREA OF THE SHIPYARDS - POOLE
A. Position of anchorage of vessels under repair.-
B-Br. The draught of the. sea in front of moles B and B', is 20 - 22
feet.-
C. Position of anchorage of vessels under repair.
The draught of the sea is 20 - 22 feet. The Polish three-mast
training vessel DAR-POM0RGA, draught - when ballasted - 20 to
22 feet, belonging to the Merchant Marine School, has docked
at this area.-
D-E. These are brand-new concrete moles. Stone blocks were used for
the foundations, while the upper part is made of cement mixture
poured into moulding boards.-
G-H. LToles where newly built vessels are being completed. Valves/for
the ships, supply in water, 25X1
are there along the entire length
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of the moles, which are also used in case of fire. There are also
valves that supply compressed air to vessels undergoing repairs.-
C. GENERAL INFORATION
The shipyard has a foundry that makes only bearings.-
The shipyard further makes stocked anchors that weigh about 70 okas.-
The paints used for the bottoms of the vessels, are made in Poland
and are known as PATENT I and PATENT II.-
The total of the workers and clerks employed, comes up to acout 1,500.
Ordinarily, these work in one shift, except for certain specialties
(carpenters, lathe operators, etc) that work two shifts.- Director
of the shipyard, is one named A;dDREEV, .n.u.,
D. YIELD OF THE SHIPYt RD
these shipyards,/ /were building almost exclusive-
ly B-12 fishing boats.
146 vessels had been 25X1
completed and delivered by the shipyard, 4 were still under construc-
tion on the shipbuilding beds and 7 were in the last stages of their
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4-5 vessels (of the B-12 type or another
type of proportionate tonnage) can be built per year, one shift
working.
Two shifts can turn out 8-10 vessels yearly. 25X1
::::-- with three shifts working, the shipyard's
reatest yield is about 15 vessels yearly.-
the output of 2 and 3 shifts, presuming that
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there will be no shortage in materials, something that, even now 25X1
that there is one shift working, presents itself often, resulting
to a stoppage of the work of the shipyards. A shortage is usually
present in iron, pipes, electric equipment, wire-ropes and paints.-
In addition'to the D-12 vessels built, these shipyards built,F__]
four vessels of 100-120 tons, that will be used as life-
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boats.-
In addition to the vessels they built, the "STOCNIA RETAONT0t!P
GDYNSKA" shipyards do large scale repair work on vessels of up
to 1,000 tons.
Often, the "C0-IMUNA PARISA" shipyards entrust the "S.R.G." with
the task of doing their secondary work.-
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B-12 FISHING HOAT
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1. Crew quarters (1. berths)
2. .rater-?p roof partitions
3. Staircase
5. Shed (projecting roof) added to B-12
vessels now under construction.
6. Fishing davits
7. Opening of hold
3. Windlass
9. Entrance to superstructures
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11. Engine room
12. Crew quarters (t berths)
13. Store-room
14. Dias is
15. Master's quarters
16. Bridge
17. False bridge
18. Life boat
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DR1 LIVING I B SECRET/
TYPE OF !J5-TON IRON
FISHING BOAT.-
1. Crew quarters (t berths)
2. Hold
3. Opening of hold
4. Engine room
5. Store-room
6. Staircase
7. Fishing davits
9. Windlass
10, DeCkl-tght (of engine).
11. Bridge
12. Master's quarters
13. Masts
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OF CARGO SHIPS I:UILT BY THE
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FOR THE SOVIETS' ACCOUNT.-
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11o projects grero doserved to being perforned. On the Dana pis: , /more is a L-icing
indicated t t point A trhich is used fr s. storehouse and as ofT-icco.
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izro ships a clay load by means of the inn t- atio: s 711 ieh exist
there.
On ;pier 2, next to the cranes, there are taro railroad i es. On -'ho side uhoro the
s b i p T M - be4.n;; loaded, there are 8-9 cranes installed. Ilicy Tim-wo a 1i? girt pcrro ? of about
20 tons. At tho head of the pier, there is a large, stable arena,
there is s pbu leii ere.
/hero ,w a ship being built of about 8000 tons.
6 ships a year can be launched.
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unnr ned. Evidently, there i-rerc. t'_ .ere for rcgiir?
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o cra'Ts of to ships Timm rt lib6rty to eo and ca- to aid pre tho ei ' throt.~' 0-25X1-.Lze
en .'o 2) p. hours without da.1Cicu? ?F-
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n J the t a crca rs'ran Cape r to C and D it zi ;.
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