Jerzy Świrski

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Commemorative plaque for Jerzy Świrski at the Polish Navy Cemetery in Gdynia
Commemorative plaque for Jerzy Świrski at the Polish Navy Cemetery in Gdynia

Jerzy Świrski (5 April 1882, Kalisz12 June 1959, London) was a Polish vice admiral and officer in the Russian Navy and Polish Navy.

He served in the Black Sea Fleet until the end of the World War I. In 1918 he joined the Polish Navy. From 1925 to 1947 he was Director of Polish Navy in the Polish Ministry of Military Affairs (after 1939, in the Polish Government in Exile). After the World War II he remained in United Kingdom.


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NAME Swirski, Jerzy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jerzy Świrski
SHORT DESCRIPTION Navy officer
DATE OF BIRTH April 5, 1882
PLACE OF BIRTH Kalisz, Poland
DATE OF DEATH June 12, 1959
PLACE OF DEATH London
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