3rd Ship Flotilla

3rd Ship Flotilla (Polish: 3 Flotylla Okrętów) is a tactical unit of the Polish Navy composed of 11 subunits.[1] The unit is a main strike force of the Polish Navy, it operates various warships types such as frigates, corvettes, submarines or fast attack crafts. The main base of 3 FO is Gdynia-Oksywie Naval Base.[2]

3rd Ship Flotilla of Polish Navy
3 Flotylla Okrętów
3 FO Logo
Active1971 - present
Country Poland
BranchPolish Navy
Size3000 personnel
22 vessels
BaseGdynia-Oksywie Naval Base
PatronKomandor Bolesław Romanowski
Equipment:Warships, Submarines, Auxiliary

Sub-Units
  • Submarine Unit (Dywizjon Okrętów Podwodnych)
  • Combat Ship Squadron (Dywizjon Okrętów Bojowych)
  • Support Unit (Dywizjon Okrętów Wsparcia)
  • Reconnaissance Group (Grupa Okrętów Rozpoznawczych, gOR)
  • 9th Anti-Air Wing (9 Dywizjon Przeciwlotniczy)
  • 43rd Sapper Battalion (43 Battalion Saperów)
  • Naval Base Command (Komenda Portu Wojennego Gdynia)
  • Technical Base of Polish Navy (Baza Techniczna Marynarki Wojennej)
  • Hel Peninsula Naval Base (Punkt Bazowania Hel)

Equipment

Vessels
Gdynia-Oksywie Naval Base
Vessel Origin Type In service Unit Notes
Oliver Hazard Perry class United StatesFrigate2Anti-Submarine Unit
Kobben class NorwaySubmarine4Submarine Unit
Kilo class Soviet UnionSubmarine1Submarine Unit
Orkan class East GermanyFast Attack Craft3Missile Vessels Unit
Project 888 PolandTraining Ship1Support Unit
Project 570M PolandRescue Ship2Support Unit
Project 5002 PolandRescue Ship2Support Unit
Project 863 PolandReconnaissance Vessel2Reconnaissance Group

References
  1. Flotylla Okrętów
  2. "..::  :: Aktualności ::." wp.mil.pl. Retrieved 17 July 2015. in Polish
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