BACKGROUND : Navy Training Ship ORP GRYF ( former name :ORP ZETEMPOWIEC ); Type HANSA A.

Launched as IRENE OLDENDORFF in Burmaister&Wain , Copenhagen , Port of Registration : Lubeck in 1944 /45


10th Oct 1945 took over by British Administration , renamed : EMPIRE CONTEES ; P.O.R. London ;

1946 handed over to UdSSR ; Renamed : OMSK , P.O.R. Ryga;

13th May 1947 , handed over to POLAND ; renamed OPOLE - P.O.R. SZCZECIN ( owners : ZEGLUGA POLSKA ) .

19th OCTOBER 1950 took over by Polish Navy , rebuilt / converted in Stocznia im Komuny Paryskiej Gdynia .

Comissioned 10th JULY 1551 ; renamed ORP ZETEMPOWIEC ,

10th APRIL 1957 renamed : ORP GRYF .

24th SEPT 1776 ; WITHDROWN FROM THE FLEET LIST ;

Converted to accomodation barge .

Scraped in Gdynia late 70's .

Scrapped in Hong Kong in 1971.

This vessel called at Montreal, Quebec, in the early sixties, use to go aboard her often.