[Navy] ORP Mazur - torpedo boat. 1939 r.

[Navy] O.R.P. Mazur - torpedo boat 1939. Photograph measuring 8.7 x 14.2 cm. Photograph described in pen on the reverse.

ORP Mazur, formerly V 105 - Polish torpedo boat of type V 105, then a gunnery training ship serving 1922-1939; formerly German from World War I, built to Dutch order. The ship was acquired by the Navy from the division of Kaiserliche Marine ships after the war, being one of the first ships of the Polish Navy. It served as a training ship on which gunners were trained. It was sunk on September 1, 1939 by the German Air Force, as the first combat ship in World War II. After the end of the September campaign, it was scrapped.