Eugeniusz Jozef Stanislaw Plawski, ORP
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Warship Commands listed for Eugeniusz Jozef Stanislaw Plawski, ORP
| Ship | Rank | Type | From | To |
| ORP Piorun (G 65) | Kmdr por. | Destroyer | 5 Nov 1940 | 2 Aug 1941 |
| ORP Piorun (G 65) | Kmdr por. | Destroyer | 30 Aug 1941 | 21 Dec 1941 |
| ORP Dragon (D 46) | Kmdr | Light cruiser | 15 May 1943 | 12 Jan 1944 |
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Destroyer ORP Piorun (G 65)
25 Jan 1941
At night, the 7th Destroyer Flotilla (including Piorun) left Scapa Flow with main forces of Home Fleet. The Allied ships were trying to intercept the German battlecrusiers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau that were breaking into the Atlantic. The 7th Destroyer Flotilla was ordered to provide cover for HMS Nelson, HMS Rodney and HMS Repulse.
27 Jan 1941
The Allied forces had to split. Piorun and two British destroyers were ordered to escort the battleship HMS Rodney and the light crusier HMS Edinburgh.
28 Jan 1941
Piorun and HMS Keppel are forced to return to base due to damages caused by a storm.
8 Feb 1941
The Polish destroyers Garland and Piorun formed part of the escort of a convoy bound for Canada / USA.
12 Feb 1941
The Polish destroyers Piorun, Garland and the British destroyer HMS Legion conduct an offensive patrol against enemy submarines. However, no U-boat was encoutered.
17 Feb 1941
Garland and Piorun
were once again part of the Escort for a convoy.
20 Feb 1941
The Polish destroyers Garland and Piorun were ordered to leave a convoy they were escorting and provide escort for two troop ships returning to England.
24 Mar 1941
Piorun and British destroyers escorted a convoy to USA. The convoy was also protected by the battleships HMS Rodney and HMS Nelson and the light cruisers HMS Edinburgh and HMS Cairo, this was due to the fact that the German battlecruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau were operating in the North Atlantic.
26 Mar 1941
The destroyers left the outbound convoy and joined another convoy heading to England.
5 Apr 1941
The British battleship HMS Resolution and the Polish destroyers Garland and Piorun escorted troop ships to Hvalfjord, Iceland. They arrived in Iceland on the 9th.
13 Apr 1941
Two destroyers, HMS "Legion" and ORP "Piorun", were ordered to rescue survivors from AMC "Rajputana". The ships picked up 283 men.
14 Apr 1941
HMS Rodney, HMS Legion, Piorun and Garland composed the escort of two troop ships heading from Iceland to the Clyde.
26 Apr 1941
Piorun was part of the escort of large convoy bound for the Middle East.
30 Apr 1941
Piorun and four British destroyers were ordered to join four troop ships returning from the Middle East to the U.K.
3 May 1941
The convoy reached the Clyde without losses. Piorun was sent for repairs which lasted to 20 May 1941.
25 May 1941
The 4th Destroyer Flotilla comprising the British destroyers HMS Cossack (Capt. P.L. Vian, DSO, RN), HMS Maori (Cdr. H.T. Armstrong, DSO, RN), HMS Sikh (Cdr. G.H. Stokes, RN), HMS Zulu (Cdr. H.R. Graham, DSO, RN) and the Polish destroyer Piorun (Cdr. E. Plawski, Polish Navy) was escorting convoy WS-8B when they recieved an order to leave the convoy and take part in the hunt for the German battleship Bismarck.
26 May 1941
At 11.00 AM Capt. Vian (in HMS Cossack) recieved a radio report about the position of the Bismarck. He realized that the 4th Destroyer Flotilla was only 50 miles away and ordered to chase the enemy. Due to bad weather and high waves, the destroyers were able to maintain 27 knots speed (only two knots more than Bismarck), but continued the pursuit. Fortunately, British aircraft managed to hit the enemy with two torpedoes. One of them jammed the rudder and damaged the screws. The allied destroyers steamed in line formation, one about 25 cables from another. In darkness, Piorun lost contact with her British partners. At 2214hours lookouts spotted a large ship which indentified herself as HMS Sheffield. At 2237 lookouts detected another large ship. The Polish commanding officer Cdr. Plawski was afraid of attacking the unidentified vessel, because it could be HMS Sheffield again. Piorun used an Aldis lamp to transmit a signal. The answer was 6" gunfire, The detected ship was the Bismarck!!! Cdr. Plawski ordered to open fire with the six 4.7" guns. During 59 minutes Piorun continued transmitting radio reports and traded fire with German battleship achieving several hits. Of course, 4.7" shells were able only to destroy some light AA guns, but not to penetrate heavy armor. The Polish destroyer was making lot of evasive manouvers, because Bismarck also used her 15" main armament. The British destroyers appeared on scene and conducted a torpedo attack against the Geran battleship. But all torpedoes missed the target. At 2336hours Piorun lost contact with the enemy.
27 May 1941
Piorun continued searching for the German battleship, but only detected her own flagship HMS Cossack. At 05.00 AM Capt. Vian ordered Piorun to break off the action and return to base due to fuel shortage. However, the Polish destroyer tried to find the enemy for one more hour. At 06.00 AM Cdr. Plawski ordered to change course and head for Plymouth.
28 May 1941
Piorun reached Plymouth with only 37 tons of fuel left in her tanks.
2 Sep 1941
The Polish destroyers Piorun and Garland depart Liverpool to conduct a ASW patrol.
3 Sep 1941
The Polish destroyers Piorun and Garland are ordered to pick up the survivors from the British merchant Fort Richepanche that was torpedoed that day by the German submarine U-567 some 450 miles southwest of Bloody Foreland in position 52.15N, 21.10W. Ten crew members, five gunners and seven passengers were picked up by the Polish destroyers on 4 September and landed at Greenock on 5 September
17 Oct 1941
The Polish destroyers Piorun and Garland depart Gourock as part of the escort of a convoy to Canada.
24 Oct 1941
The Polish destroyers Piorun and Garland were detached from convoy they are escorting in order to reach St. John's, Canada for refueling. Five and half hours after they reach the harbour they depart again and head back to the convoy.
26 Oct 1941
The Polish destroyers Piorun and Garland reach Halifax, Canada with the convoy they are escorting.
4 Nov 1941
The Polish destroyers Piorun and Garland depart Halifax, Canada as part of the escort for a convoy to the Clyde.
12 Nov 1941
The Polish destroyers Piorun and Garland enter Greenock harbor.
14 Nov 1941
Piorun arrives at Glassgow for general repairs.