Posted on 01/06/2009 1:02:15 PM PST by lizol
ORP „Kondor” in counter-terrorism operation
ORP „Kondor” became part of counter-terrorism operation ACTIVE ENDEAVOUR held by NATO. The submarine left Cartagena on Saturday (the 1st of November). For the next five months ORP “Kondor” will be part of multinational forces that contribute to guarantee safety of the sea transport on the Mediterranean Sea. This is the third Polish submarine mission in the history of NATO activity in this region
Kondor's mission will be to gather information and intelligence on the maritime traffic in the Mediterranean Sea. In order to fulfill her mission ORP "Kondor" will monitor important areas of the Mediterranean to detect any terrorist activities at sea and also any other illegal activities possibly related to terrorism, like drugs and human bodies trafficking.
ORP „Kondor” left Gdynia harbor on the 10th of October. To get to the Mediterranean she passed the Baltic Sea, North Sea, took a short stop in Cherbourg (France) and went through the Atlantic Ocean by the coasts of Spain and Portugal. Commanding Officer of the first rotation of the Polish Military Contingent “Kondor” (this is how ORP “Kondor” is called during his mission) is Lt Cdr Piotr Pawlowski. Kondor has 25 Polish submariners onboard and the Deputy of the PMC “Kondor”, Cdr Leszek Dziadek is an operations officer in COMSUBSOUTH in Naples.
all right, we’re all impressed with the fancy quote thing. No Polish women in bikinis, though?
OK, where are the pics of the sub?
Is it appropriate to ask about the screen door??
Cause if its not, lets just forget it right now.
ok...the R stands for Rzeczpospolita and the P stands for Polska I am assuming...but what does the O stand for...and don’t say Obama, please...
They’re going on a mission with their hull number painted on their sail????? Certainly isn’t the USN Silent Service - we don’t do that.
I have to admire them, though. Looks pretty cramped in there.
Godspeed, guys.
Were did they get the subs from?
Enjoyed the pictures! Maybe they will get to go to Somalia and sink pirates.
This is one of the fomer Norwegian Kobben class submarines, which Polish Navy has got from Norway.
3-years on the USS M.G. Vallejo SSBN 658 (blue Crew) - a Ben Franklin-class ballistic missile sub. Plenty of room (relatively speaking) for the 60-90 day patrols back in the late 60’s early 70’s. Looks like this little sub would fit in the missile compartment.
It’s not a bad life for young, single guys, but it was tough on the married guys.
“You Americans :-)))”
You’re right. We don’t have much perspective :-)
That’s making me claustrophobic just looking at it. Guess that’s why I wasn’t a Bubblehead.
Sometimes I wonder whether the European Union still has the instinct and the fortitude to defend itself. Your frequent pictures of the Polish armed forces show that Poland retains the fortitude.
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