The heroes of the modern. ms. ‘pilesudski’

INTRODUCTION
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26 LETTER 1939 ASKED ,,POLISH TITANIC” MS ,,PILSUDSKI".
On 26 November 1939, at 5:36 p.m. erstwhile the ship MS Piłsudski shook 2 powerful explosions. The engines stopped, the light went out and the Polish liner rapidly started to draw on water and tilt to the left side. Among the agitated waves of the “Polish Titanic”, which the day before sailed out of the port of Newcastle went down! To this day, the reasons for the sinking of the ship, around which many legends and hypotheses have developed, are unknown.

The name of the Warden of the State and the hero of the fight for independency of Poland was named 1 of the 2 most beautiful transatlantics of the Second Republic. MS Piłsudski sank early on November 26, 1939.
Due to the increasing request of tourist traffic of Poles in the early 1930s. The 20th century decided to build modern passenger ships. So far utilized liners- SS Polonia, SS Kościuszko and SS Pulaski- were much obsolete.

The creation of 2 duplicate units, due to the Polish shipbuilding industry, was entrusted to Cantieri Riuniti dell’ Adriatico (CRDA) shipyard in Monfalcone. The contract was signed on 29 November 1933. The navel for the first of the ships was laid on March 1, 1934. The construction of MS Piłsudski lasted 290 days. It was ready to be launched on December 19, 1934. His godmother was Wanda Pełczyńska, courier of the 1st Polish Brigade during planet War I, editor-in-chief of the magazine “Bluszcz” and MP to the Parliament of the Republic of Poland for the 4th word (wife of General Tadeusz Pełczyński, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces Union office (1941-1942), and then- Home Army (1942-1944). Both of her and her wife were on emigration in London after 1945).
The transatlantic had 7 decks and a garage for 18 passenger cars available to its guests. On the Solar Deck, where the navigating bridge was placed, it found a section separated for playing sports games. In total, it was 2000m2, which distinguished MS Piłsudski from another passenger units. In addition, there was area for surviving rooms, dining rooms, shop, beauty and hair salons, covered promenade for walks in the event of weather and smoking. At the lowest level there was a swimming pool and a well-equipped gym for passengers. There was a lift between decks.

MS Piłsudski, like his duplicate MS Batory, was a reason to admire Italian engineering thought, including the first time in the Polish fleet the autopilot or installations were utilized to detect underwater obstacles.
The first MS Piłsudski cruise took place on 27 August 1935, on a way from the port of Trieste, including Venice and Lisbon, to Gdynia. The ship's owner was Gdynia Atlantic Shipping Lines (GAL). The commander of the unit was Captain Mamert Stankiewicz, who symbolically raised the Polish flag on board on 14 September 1935 (formerly Stankiewicz was commander of the Lwów and Polonia ships. He is the hero of the fresh by Karol Olgiard Borchardt, "The Meaning of the Captain").
The main way on which MS Piłsudski sailed was the Gdynia-Copenhaga line – Halifax-New York. He set out in it for the first time the day after the flag was raised - on September 15, 1935. His arrival in the United States echoed widely in the Polish and abroad press.

The outbreak of the war on September 1, 1939 found MS Piłsudski in the Orkad area, on the way back from fresh York City. Captain Stankiewicz was ordered to come to Britain. There the ship was militarized. Timed as part of a charter for the British Ministry of War Transport (formerly Ministry of Shipping) and served as a carrier for land forces.
On November 25, 1939, the ship embarked on its first mission, towards Australia, to undertake transport of soldiers. At 5:36 p.m., 2 explosions were shaken close Cape Flamborough. He went down about 10:30. Most of the 170-member crew were rescued. Unfortunately, Captain Stankiewicz died of exhaustion and hypothermia.
The press originally for the origin of the sinking of the ship administered its torpedo by an enemy submarine. present it was much more likely that Piłsudski would enter a line of bottom magnetic mines, set by German destroyers a week before the ferocious transatlantic cruise. It rests to this day at the bottom of the North Sea.
Technical details of the vessel:
Overall dimension – 160.4 m
Width – 21.6 m
Immersion — 7,5 m
Operating velocity – 18 knots
Number of passenger seats – 773
Number of crews – 300

MS “Piłsudski” was a floating embassy of Polish culture, Its decor, furniture, works of art, ashtrays and menus of dishes, were designed by 79 well-known Polish artists and architects. The Americans fell in love with the elegance of this ship, its beauty, equipment, kitchen and crew, which consisted of Polish gentlemen. He took 1,000 passengers and 30,000 tons of goods aboard. 1 of the 2 most beautiful transatlantics of the Second Republic was named after the politician of the State and the hero of the fight for Poland's independence.

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