3rd Ship Flotilla

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|unit_name= 3rd Ship Flotilla of Polish Navy

|native_name= {{lang|pl|3 Flotylla Okrętów}}

|image=Logo 3 Flotylli Okrętów.svg

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|caption= Shoulder sleeve insignia

|dates= 1971 - present

|country={{POL}}

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|branch= Polish Navy

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|size= 3000 personnel
22 vessels

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|garrison= Gdynia-Oksywie Naval Base

|garrison_label=Base

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|patron= Komandor Bolesław Romanowski

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|equipment= Warships, Submarines, Auxiliary

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|identification_symbol=File:D-dztwo 3 FO odznk pam (2010).jpg

|identification_symbol_label=3 FO Command
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3rd Ship Flotilla ({{langx|pl|3 Flotylla Okrętów (3 FO)}}) is a tactical unit of the Polish Navy composed of 11 subunits.[https://www.wojsko-polskie.pl/3fo/units/ Flotylla Okrętów] The unit is a main strike force of the Polish Navy, it operates various warships types such as frigates, corvettes, submarines or fast attack crafts. The main base of 3 FO is Gdynia-Oksywie Naval Base.{{cite web|url=http://www.3fo.wp.mil.pl/pl/index.html|title=..:: :: Aktualności ::..|work=wp.mil.pl|access-date=17 July 2015}} in Polish

Sub-Units

  • Submarine Unit (Dywizjon Okrętów Podwodnych)
  • Combat Ship Squadron (Dywizjon Okrętów Bojowych)
  • Support Unit (Dywizjon Okrętów Wsparcia)
  • Reconnaissance Group (Grupa Okrętów Rozpoznawczych, gOR)
  • 9th Anti-Air Wing (9 Dywizjon Przeciwlotniczy)
  • 43rd Sapper Battalion (43 Battalion Saperów)
  • Naval Base Command (Komenda Portu Wojennego Gdynia)
  • Technical Base of Polish Navy (Baza Techniczna Marynarki Wojennej)
  • Hel Peninsula Naval Base (Punkt Bazowania Hel)

Equipment

=Vessels=

Image:Naval Base of Gdynia (PL).jpg

class="wikitable"

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Oliver Hazard Perry class{{USA}}Frigate2Anti-Submarine Unit
Kobben class{{NOR}}Submarine4Submarine Unit
Kilo class{{USSR}}Submarine1Submarine Unit
Orkan class{{GDR}}Fast Attack Craft3Missile Vessels Unit
Project 888{{POL}}Training Ship1Support Unit
Project 570M{{POL}}Rescue Ship2Support Unit
Project 5002{{POL}}Rescue Ship2Support Unit
Project 863{{POL}}Reconnaissance Vessel2Reconnaissance Group

References