"The time for honorary declarations has passed" – call to Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Deputy Prime Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysha members of the ORP Sokół crew. In an open letter they call on the Polish government to take firm action to rebuild the naval submarine forces. "Continued hold of decision becomes a serious threat to the interests and safety of the maritime state," they warn.
In a letter addressed to Head of Government and Head of MON, crew members serving until 2018 under the white-red flag of the submarine ORP Falcon callback that since the start of the effort to acquisition fresh submarines for Polish Navy It's been 28 years.
"During this time, subsequent governments were incapable to make a final decision about the acquisition of modern submarines under the ORKA program" - they indicate, stating that at that time the Submarine Squadron - 1 of the oldest continuously existing formations of the Polish Armed Forces - "is going out".
ORP Falcon crew members appeal to government
The follow-up of the appeal reads that in the face of a rapidly changing safety environment in the Baltic Sea region, "further hold in decision-making becomes a serious threat to the interests of Poland and the maritime safety of the country".
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"Underwater forces are more than just deterrent toolbut besides strategic component capable of securing maritime communication lines, conducting reconnaissance, peculiar naval operations and protecting marine critical infrastructure" - noted the ship's erstwhile crew.
For this reason, it calls on the Polish government to take "urgent and concrete action to rebuilding Navy submarine forces". "The time of honorary declarations has passed – the minute of decision has come" - he says.
ORP Sokol in the service of the Polish Navy
ORP Sokol was built in German shipyard Rheinstahl-Nordseewerke and entered service in the Navy of the Kingdom of Norway under the name KNM Stord in 1967 as 1 of the 15 submarines of the "207" task (type Kobben).
According to the Naval Museum, ships based in the Norwegian fjords then constituted a crucial reinforcement of the northern flank of NATO.
In 2001 ORP The falcon was withdrawn from the linear service and as a consequence of an agreement between the governments of Norway and Poland, adopted by the Polish Navy. He was. The first of 4 ships of this typewhich entered service in the submarine squadron.
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Units before the transfer of Poland were renovated in Norway and Polish sailors trained under the supervision of Norwegian colleagues. Kobbena under the Polish flag was intensively used, crews perfected training and actively participated in the activities of the North Atlantic Alliance fleet teams. They performed tasks mainly on Baltic and North Sea.
ORP Sokół III finished his service under the white-red flag 8 June 2018 presently it can be visited at the Naval Museum in Gdynia.
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