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Polar Registered: February 2004 Location: Poland Posts: 2,569	Polish Submarine ORP Sokol returns to Malta after the succesful ride. Republic of Poland, Ministry of Information Photo Service, London 1944. Press released 1944
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Bombardier

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Tue 31 7, 2007 18:10

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Why is it flying the swastika ?

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PanzerBob

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Tue 31 7, 2007 20:28

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My educated guess would be KILL pennants, maybe as per their Naval Customs or maybe taken from merchant ships sunk. Cheers, Bob

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Matzos

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Wed 1 8, 2007 08:12

ORP Sokół (Falcon) was a U-class submarine (formerly HMS Urchin (N97)) built by Vickers-Armstrong at Barrow-in-Furness. Shortly after launching in September 1940 she was to be commissioned by the Royal Navy as HMS Urchin, but instead was leased to the Polish Navy due to a lack of experienced submarine crews. A sister ship to Dzik, both ships operated in the Mediterranean from Malta, where they became known as the Terrible Twins.
Altogether, during her wartime service the ORP Sokół sank or damaged 19 enemy vessels of ca. 55,000 BRT altogether. All of the commanding officers of the ship, (Lt.Cmdr. Borys Karnicki, Lt.Cmdr. Jerzy Koziołkowski and Cpt. Tadeusz Bernas) were awarded the Virtuti Militari.

Source - Wikipedia

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Wed 1 8, 2007 12:44

God bless Wikipedia.
Great find Matzos

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