ORP Błyskawica (Lightning) is a Grom-class destroyer which served in the Polish Navy during World War II. She is the only Polish Navy ship to have been decorated with the Virtuti Militari, Poland's highest military order for gallantry, and in 2012 was given the Pro Memoria Medal. Błyskawica is preserved as a museum ship in Gdynia and is the oldest preserved destroyer in the world. Błyskawica is moored next to the Dar Pomorza.
ORP Błyskawica, modern view
Crew cleaning a 76 mm anti-aircraft gun on ORP Błyskawica, 12 September 1940
ORP Błyskawica in the Northern Atlantic during World War II
Bridge of ORP Błyskawica decorated with Golden Cross of the Order Virtuti Militari
The Polish Navy is the naval branch of the Polish Armed Forces. The Polish Navy consists of 46 ships and about 12,000 commissioned and enlisted personnel. The traditional ship prefix in the Polish Navy is ORP.
The Battle of Oliwa, fought during the Polish–Swedish War, resulted in a Polish victory on 28 November 1627
Torpedo boat ORP Mazur, one of the Polish Navy's first ships after World War I
ORP Grom, a World War II Polish Navy destroyer
ORP Warszawa was a Kashin-class guided missile destroyer