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Seven dead in war, seven in peacetime. Błyskawica turns 90 and still flies the ensign

01.10.2026 17 photos Photos: fot. Narodowe Archiwum Cyfrowe / NAC

From the article Seven dead in war, seven in peacetime. Błyskawica turns 90 and still flies the ensign

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Destroyer Błyskawica on choppy water, crew lined up on the bow, two smaller vessels in the background — fot. Narodowe Archiwum Cyfrowe / NAC

Warship bow in a dry dock, twin gun mounts on deck, eagle emblem on the hull, dockside hall and cranes behind — fot. Narodowe Archiwum Cyfrowe / NAC

Man in dark clothes leans on a railing beside a warship in dry dock, with gun mounts and a funnel visible — fot. Narodowe Archiwum Cyfrowe / NAC

Warship at anchor with a garland of signal flags strung from the mast to bow and stern, hills behind — fot. Narodowe Archiwum Cyfrowe / NAC

Sailor in a Marynarka Wojenna cap looking through a lifebuoy marked O.R.P. and Błyskawica — fot. Narodowe Archiwum Cyfrowe / NAC

Young sailor in uniform and eagle-badged cap, with a white and red ensign bearing an eagle flying behind him — fot. Narodowe Archiwum Cyfrowe / NAC

Two smiling sailors and a small dog pose inside a lifebuoy marked O.R.P. and Błyskawica — fot. Narodowe Archiwum Cyfrowe / NAC

Two smiling men on deck hold an O.R.P. Błyskawica lifebuoy with a small dog sitting in it — fot. Narodowe Archiwum Cyfrowe / NAC

Young sailor in a sailor collar uniform holds a puppy on a ship's deck, with water and a harbour behind him — fot. Narodowe Archiwum Cyfrowe / NAC

Five sailors in caps reading Marynarka Wojenna pose on deck, two of them carrying submachine guns — fot. Narodowe Archiwum Cyfrowe / NAC

Seven sailors and an officer in a peaked cap pose by a gun shield, some looking out of open hatches — fot. Narodowe Archiwum Cyfrowe / NAC

Young naval officer in a double-breasted uniform and cap stands on deck, black smoke rising from the funnel behind him — fot. Narodowe Archiwum Cyfrowe / NAC

Young sailor in a light shirt and cap stands at a wooden ship's wheel against a cloudy sky — fot. Narodowe Archiwum Cyfrowe / NAC

A sailor in a Marynarka Wojenna cap and an officer pose with hands on hips beside an open deck hatch — fot. Narodowe Archiwum Cyfrowe / NAC

Bow of a large ship on a shipyard slipway between tall scaffolding towers, with men in caps watching from below — fot. Narodowe Archiwum Cyfrowe / NAC

Woman in a hat and fur coat stands at a lectern with a ribbon-decorated microphone, a man in a cap beside her — fot. Narodowe Archiwum Cyfrowe / NAC

Woman in a beret speaks at a table on a platform beside seated men, as water splashes against a hull marked with draft numbers — fot. Narodowe Archiwum Cyfrowe / NAC