world of warships british destroyers launch

In 1942, the Błyskawica was being overhauled in Cowes, where it had been launched in 1936. To mark the 80th anniversary, the Polish warship ORP Wodnik will arrive in the port of Cowes on Thursday morning.Ĭowes and the Isle of Wight were a target for the Luftwaffe because ships and aircraft were built in the shipyard there. The crew then helped extinguish fires and rescue the town's inhabitants.

The destroyer was serving alongside the Royal Navy under the Polish flag after having left its home port Gdynia at the start of the war. On the night of May 4-5, 1942, the crew of ORP Błyskawica repelled a Luftwaffe attack on Cowes, a town on the British island that lies off the south coast of England. To mark the 80th anniversary, the Polish warship ORP Wodnik will arrive in the port of Cowes on the Isle of Wight on Thursday morning.Ī Polish destroyer that saved a British town from destruction in WWII is being celebrated on the Isle of Wight by locals who are still grateful to the sailors who came to their rescue.

World of warships british destroyers launch