Brunon Jablonski, ORP

Born  25 Nov 1902
Died  16 Jan 1984(81)


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Ranks

25 Oct 1925 Ppor.mar. (S.Lt.)
10 Sep 1927 Por.mar. (Lt.)
14 Mar 1933 Kpt.mar. (Lt.Cdr.)
19 Mar 1937 Kmdr.ppor. (Cdr.)
3 May 1942 Kmdr.por. (Cdr.)

Decorations

Warship Commands listed for Brunon Jablonski, ORP


ShipRankTypeFromTo
ORP Wilk (N 63)Kmdr.ppor. (Cdr.)Submarine22 Jul 19414 Apr 1942

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Submarine ORP Wilk (N 63)


26 Jul 1941 (position 0.00, 0.00)
ORP Wilk (Kmdr.ppor. (Cdr.) B. Jablonski, ORP) and HMS Riskato (A/P trawler) (?) were docked in the East Graving Dock at Dundee. (1)

28 Aug 1941
ORP Wilk (Kmdr.ppor. (Cdr.) B. Jablonski, ORP) and HMS Riskato (A/P trawler) (?) were undocked from the East Graving Dock.

This completed the refit of ORP Wilk. It had however been decided that she was not to be used operationally any more given her poor / fragile condition. After trials she was to join the 7th Submarine Flottila to participate in A/S exercises. Her maximum diving depth was limited to 50 meters. (1)

14 Sep 1941
ORP Wilk (Kmdr.ppor. (Cdr.) B. Jablonski, ORP) departed Dundee for Rothesay. She was escorted by HMS Cutty Sark (Cdr.(Retd.) R.H. Mack, RN). (1)

17 Sep 1941
ORP Wilk (Kmdr.ppor. (Cdr.) B. Jablonski, ORP) and HMS Cutty Sark (Cdr.(Retd.) R.H. Mack, RN) arrived at Rothesay from Dundee. (1)

21 Sep 1941 (position 0.00, 0.00)
ORP Wilk (Kmdr.ppor. (Cdr.) B. Jablonski, ORP) proceeded from Rothesay to Campbeltown where she was to participate in A/S exercises. (2)

16 Oct 1941 (position 0.00, 0.00)
ORP Wilk (Kmdr.ppor. (Cdr.) B. Jablonski, ORP) proceeded from Campbeltown to Rothesay. At Rothesay she was taken in hand for engine repairs. (2)

28 Oct 1941 (position 0.00, 0.00)
ORP Wilk (Kmdr.ppor. (Cdr.) B. Jablonski, ORP) proceeded from Rothesay to Campbeltown where she was to participate in A/S exercises. (2)

22 Nov 1941 (position 0.00, 0.00)
ORP Wilk (Kmdr.ppor. (Cdr.) B. Jablonski, ORP) proceeded from Campbeltown to Rothesay. At Rothesay she was again taken in hand for engine repairs. (2)

6 Dec 1941 (position 0.00, 0.00)
ORP Wilk (Kmdr.ppor. (Cdr.) B. Jablonski, ORP) proceeded from Rothesay to Ardrishaig where she was to participate in A/S exercises.

Wilk had only one of her main engines operational. (2)

29 Dec 1941 (position 0.00, 0.00)
ORP Wilk (Kmdr.ppor. (Cdr.) B. Jablonski, ORP) proceeded from Ardrishaig to Rothesay. (2)

31 Dec 1941 (position 0.00, 0.00)
ORP Wilk (Kmdr.ppor. (Cdr.) B. Jablonski, ORP) proceeded from Rothesay to Campbeltown where she was to participate in A/S exercises. (2)

16 Jan 1942
ORP Wilk (Kmdr.ppor. (Cdr.) B. Jablonski, ORP) proceeded from Campbeltown to Rothesay. At Rothesay she was taken in hand for engine repairs as both main engines were now out of action.

By late January one engine was operational again. (2)

19 Feb 1942
ORP Wilk (Kmdr.ppor. (Cdr.) B. Jablonski, ORP) departed Rothesay for Plymouth. She was to pay off (decomission) at the Devonport Dockyard. The state of repair of ORP Wilk was very poor and it had been decided that she was no longer fit to be used not even for A/S training.

During the passage to Plymouth, ORP Wilk was escorted by HrMs Z 5 (Lt. J.L. Bouman, RNN(R)). (3)

22 Feb 1942
ORP Wilk (Kmdr.ppor. (Cdr.) B. Jablonski, ORP) and HrMs Z 5 (Lt. J.L. Bouman, RNN(R)) arrived at Plymouth from Rothesay. (3)

4 Apr 1942 (position 0.00, 0.00)
ORP Wilk (Kmdr.ppor. (Cdr.) B. Jablonski, ORP) is decommissioned at the Devonport Dockyard.

Sources

  1. ADM 199/400
  2. ADM 199/1907
  3. ADM 199/424

ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.


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