THE POLISH MERCHANT FLEET: ITS GROWTH AND OPERATIONS (SUPPLEMENT)

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ECONOMIC INTELLIGENCE REPORT
N? 173
THE POLISH MERCHANT FLEET:
ITS GROWTH AND OPERATIONS
(SUPPLEMENT)
CIA/RR 159-5-1
December 1958
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ECONOMIC INTELLIGENCE REPORT
THE pan MERCHANT FLEET: ITS GROWTH AND OPERATIONS
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THE POLISH MERCHANT FLEET: ITS GROWTH AND OPERATIONS*
(SUPPLEMENT)
Since the preparation of an earlier report on the growth and devel-
opment of the Polish merchant fleet, the Polish Register of Maritime
Ships, 1957-58 has become available. The characteristics of vessels
shown in the earlier report were assembled on the basis of individual
vessels, and sometimes it became necessary to choose between differing
sources.
In many cases, there are minor differences between the character-
istics shown in the earlier report and those shown in the Register.
These discrepancies are very slight, however, the differences between
the two figures for total gross register tonnage and between those for
total deadweight tonnage being less than 1 percent. Consequently, no
conclusions in the earlier report are affected. In most cases where
the deadweight tonnages shown in the earlier repert differ from those
shown in the Register, the schedules of the Polish Ocean Lines and the
Polish Steamship Company show deadweight tonnages which either agree
with those shown in the earlier report or which are closer to them than
to those shown in the Register.
The Foreword of the Register contains the following reservation:
The Polski Rejestr Statkow in publishing the Register
of ZWaritim27 Ships wishes to state that the information
given in the Register was taken from sources which are re-
garded as reliable, but is not in a position to guarantee
the accuracy of all the information contained in the Regis-
ter of ZFlaritimg7 Ships.
Nevertheless, it is believed that the data given in the Register
on individual vessels may be preferable to those in the earlier re-
port for general reference.
The format of Table 1** has been arranged to conform with Table 17,
Appendix A, p. 97, of the earlier report. Although the Foreword of
the Register is dated December 1957, some deletions from and additions
to the Polish fleet occurred too late in 1957 to be incorporated in the
* All material in this supplement is derived from the Polish Rejestr
1957-58: statki zeglugi morskiej (Register of Maritime Ships, 1957-58)
published by the Polski Rejestr Statkow (Polish Register of Ships),
Gdansk L195g.
** Table 1 follows on p. 3.
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Register. Vessels which were scrapped late in 1957 and which were not
included in Table 17 of the earlier report but which are included in
Table 1* of this supplement are as follows:
Vessel
Gross Register Deadweight
Tons Tons
Karpaty
6,589
9,479
Koiobrzeg
2,878
4,318
Total
9,467
13,797
Vessels which were included in Table 17 of the earlier report and which
are not included in Table 1 of this supplement are as follows:
Vessel
Gross Register
Tons
Deadweight
Tons
Florian Ceynowa
6,784
10,530
Gniezno
2,568
3)200
Kapitan Kosko
6,629
10,530
Katowice
2,555
3,200
Liwiec
943
1,100
Slawno
2,557
3,200
Total
22,036
31,760
Totals in Table 1 of this supplement are 1,728 gross register tons
more and 5,091 deadweight tons less than the totals in Table 17 of
the earlier report.
Table 2** lists the vessels of the Polish merchant fleet with
refrigerator facilities, and Table 3*** lists the merchant tankers.
* P. 3, below.
** Table 2 follows on p. 7.
*** Table 3 follows on p. 8.
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Table 1
Characteristics of Polish Merchant Vessels.
According to the Polish Register of Ships
1957
Vessel
Gross Register Deadweight Year Speed
Tons Tons Built (Knots)
?Vessels pf 1,000 Gross Register Tons and Above
SS Baltyk
6,984
10,009
1942
10.0
MS Batory
14,287
5,608
1936
17.0
MS Beskidy
3,320
4,393
1957
12.7
Ss Bialystok
7,173
10,190
1942
10.5
MB Boleslaw Bierut
6,674
10,500
1956
17.0
Ss Braterstwo
7,841
11,480
1917
9.0
SS Brygada Makowskiego
1,945
2,610
1950
9;5
SS Bytom
5,967
8,661
1942
10.0
MS Curie Sklodowska
4,375
7,660
1931
10.0
Ms Czech
3,650
3,126
1934
14.0
MS Dzierzinski 2j*
12,636
12,812
1940 LI
17.0
MS Edward Demboski
4,750
9,205
1941
14.0
MS Elblag
1,284
1,699
1943 sj
12.0
MS Gdansk
2,668
3,970
1954
14.0
SS Gdynia
3,818
4,973
1954
11.0
MS General Bern
5,307
8,580
1940
14.5
MS General Walter
6,522
6,178
1943
14.5
SS Gliwice
1,446
2,218
1938
10.0
SS Hel
1,095
1,547
1935
9.0
MS Hugo Kollataj
3,755
6,885
1945
14.0
SS Jaroslaw
3,219
3,040
1950
13.0
SS Jednosc
7,022
10,281
1943
11.0
SS Jednosc Robotnicza
2,003
2,610
1949
9.5
* Footnotes for Table 1 follow on p. 6;.
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Table 1
Characteristics of Polish Merchant Vessels
According to the Polish Register of Ships
1957.
(Continued)
Vessel
Gross Register Deadweight Year Speed
Tons Tons Built (Knots)
Vessels of 1,000 Gross Register Tons and Above
MS Karpaty
6,589
9,479
1927
10.0
MS Kasprowy
8,528
13,726
1945
SS Kaszuby
8,280
10,021
1929
12.0
SS Kielce
2,312
3,210
1939
10.0
TS Kilinski 1/
7,697
10,719
1944
16.5
SS Kolno
2,660
3,260
1936
10.5
SS Kolobrzeg
2,878
4,318
1921
8.5
MS Kopernik
2,665
4,060
1953
15.0
SS Kosciuszko
7,707
10,395
1939
15.5
SS Krakow
2,018
3,000
1926
8.3
SS Kutno
2,361
3,460
1925
8.5
SS Lech
1,573
2,110
1934
12.0
MS Lechistan
1,958
2,779
1929
lo.o
NS Lewant
1,958
3,236
1930
10.0
SS Lublin
1,325
1,950
1932
10.5
SS Malbork
2,588
3,136
1954
11.5
MS Malgorzata Fornalska
8,396
9,740
1941
14.0
MS Marceli Nowotko
6,660
10,273
1956
16.0
SB Marchlewski
1,834
3,027
1940 2/
11.0
SS Marian Buczek
7,053
10,150
1943
10.5
MS Mickiewicz
4,344
6,475
1943 2/
14.0
MS Mikolaj Rej
5,614
9,520
1920
9.5
SB Morska Wola
3,338
4,550
1924
9.0
SB Narwik
7,065
10,420
1942
10.0
MS Nowa Huta
2,684
3,972
1952
14.0
SB Olsztyn
1,877
3,138
1944
9.0
SS Pawel Finder
4,911
9,063
1948
10.5
MS Piast
3,184
2,844
1951
14.5
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Table 1
Characteristics of Polish Merchant Vessels
According to the Polish Register of Ships
1957
(Continued)
Gross Register Deadweight Year Speed
. Vessel Tons Tons Built IliTaLal
Vessels of 1,000 Gross Register Tons and Above
MS Pieniny
MS Pokoj
SS Poznan
MS Przyjazn Narodow
SS Przyszlosc
SS Pstrowski
SS Puck ?
TS Pulaski di
8,272
4,958
2,051
8,876
7,218
1,928
1,166
7,083
12,835
8,920
3,030
10,180
10,400
2,610
1,471
10,105
1945
1943 V
1926
1937
1942
1950
1949
1928
12.0
13.5
8.4
15.5
10.0'
9.5
10.5
13.0
$S Rataj
1,340
1,640
1906
8.0
MS Romuald Traugutt
6,657
9,777
1913
lox
MS Slowacki
5,262
8,067
1924
12.0
SS Soldek
2,005
2,610
1949
9.5
MS Stefan Okrzeja
6,620
10,500
1957
18.0
SS Szciecin
3,818
4,976
1954
11.7
SS Slask
1,402
1,540
1932
10.0
MT Tatry
3,319
4,398
1957
13.0
SS Tobruk
7,o49
10,428
1942
9.5
SS Torun
1,985
3,011
1926
8.5
SS Ustka
1,517
1,220
1937 12/
9.0
MS Warszawa
6,021
10,360
1940
13.0
MS Warynski
4,361
6,470
1936
12.5
SS Wieczorek
1,971
2,540
1953
9.5
$S Wielun
2,028
3,011
1926
8.2
SS Wisla
3,401
5,100
1928
9.0
MS Wroclaw
1,740
2,473
1935
10.5
MS Zeromski
6,506
10,070
15.0
Total
346,352
478 oo8
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Table 1
Characteristics of Polish Merchant Vessels
According to the Polish Register of Ships
1957
(Continued)
Vessel
Gross Register
Tons
Deadweight
Tons
Year
Built
Speed
(Knots)
Vessels of Less Than 1,000 Gross Register Tons
MS Bug
500
632
1939
9.0
MS Dunajec
486
645
1951
10.0
MS Jastarnia
610
866
1955
10.0
MS Mazury
909
1,268
1948
10.0
Ms Narew
218
310
1938
7.0
MS Nogat
620
982
1954
10.5
MS Notec
655
760
1954
10.5
MS Nysa
486
695
1921
10.0
MS Odra
484
650
1953
10.0
' ms Oksywie
768
1,010
1938
9.2
MS Pilica
484
641
1953
10.0
MS Prosna
613
823
1955
10.5
MB Rysy
759
1,050
1942
8.0
MS San
487
682
1951
10.0
MS Turnia
666
1,016
1944
8.0
MS Warmia
936
1,253
1948
10.0
Total
9,681
13,193
Grand total
,1526,2.11
491 201
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a. This vessel is listed in the earlier report as the Felix Dzierzin-
ski. It is believed that the deadweight tonnage shown here is in error.
Both Lloyd's Register of Ships and the schedule of the Polish Ocean
Lines show 12,610 deanweight tons.
b. Salvage completed in 1957.
c. Salvage completed in 1950.
d. TS denotes turbineship, as distinct from SS (steamship) and MS
(motorship).
e. Salvage completed in 1947.
f. Salvage completed in 1945.
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Table 2
Polish Merchant Vessels with Refrigerated Facilities
December 1957
Vessel
'MS Czech
MS Dzierzinski
MS Gdansk
SS Jaroslaw Dabrowski
MS Kopernik
SS Lech
SS Lublin
MS Nowa Huta
MS Piast
MS Przyjazn Narodow
.1.1S Warszawa
MS Zeromski
Total
Deadweight
Tonnage
3,126
12,812
3,970
3,040
4,o6o
2,110
1,950
3,972
2,844
10,180
10,360
10,070
68494
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Capacity of
Refrigerated Holds
(Cubic Feet)
167,212
55,090
26,662
133,805
32,983
100,327
52,936
32,065
114,594
8,405
25,002
12,289
761,370
Number of Type of
Refrigerated Holds Refrigerated Cargo
10 fr
6 v, fr, m, fi
it dp
4 m, fi
2 v, fr
5
14
7
2
3
2
m, fi
m, fi
fr
v, m, fr, fi
v, m, fr, fi
v, m, fr, fi
a. Type of cargo for which the holds are designed. Explanation of symbols is as follows:
dp = dairy products, fi = fish, fr = fruit, in = meat, and v . vegetables.
b. This figure may be an error. See footnote a to Table 1, p. 3, above.
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Table 3
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Polish Merchant Tankers Ei
December 1957
Liquid Cargo-Carrying Capacity
Tanker
Deadweight Tons
Cubic Meters
Barrels 13../
Metric Tons LV
MS Beskidy
4,398
5,375
33,809
4,395
MB Kasprowy
MB Pieniny
13,726
12,835
2/,
2/
MS Rysy
1,050
1,220
7,674
998
MT Tatry
4,398
5,375
33,809
4,395
MS Turnia
1;016
1,068
6,718
873 .
Total _
37,423
a. The Karpaty has not been included, because it was wit drawn from the fleet
in late 1957.
b. Calculated from the cubic meter capacity. Metric tonnage is an approximate
capacity calculated from the average conversion factor of 1 barrel = 0.13 metric
ton.
c. Not shown in the Polish Register of Maritime Ships, 1957-58.
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