Polish Navy training ship ORP Wodnik arrives at Halifax naval base.
History of Wodnik 1623 (in Polish)
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Polish Navy training ship ORP Wodnik
History of Wodnik 1623 (in Polish)
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This info comes from the CFB Halifax Twitter - Welcome! Polish Navy Ship ORP WODNIK arrived in #Halifax for a port visit from July 19 - 22.
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The crew of ORP Wodnik brought a wreath from Poland to be laid at the Polish Emigration Memorial Monument in front of the Immigration Museum of Pier 21 in Halifax
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The chaplain from ORP Wodnik provides his blessing before the wreath laying ceremony
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The crew member of ORP Wodnik lays a wreath at the Polish Emigration Memorial Monument in front of the Immigration Museum of Pier 21 in Halifax
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The ceremony of laying a wreath at the Polish Emigration Memorial Monument erected in 2018
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Wreath laid - Here is the Polish Emigration Memorial Monument history
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The crew of ORP Wodnik with the representatives of local Polish community
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Meeting and discussions with the representatives of local Polonia
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Crew members of ORP Wodnik in front of multilingual welcome sign at the National Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 in Halifax. The sign in Polish says 'SERDECZNIE WITAMY W KANADZIE'
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A guided tour of the museum
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A guided tour of the museum
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In front of the museum
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Honorary Consul Jan Skora on board of Polish Navy ship ORP Wodnik with the ship captain
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Honorary Consul Jan Skora at the ship officer's mess
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Honoray Consul Jan Skora at the ship command centre
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The painting on board of ORP Wodnik 'Battle at Oliwa' pictures a 1627 naval battle during the Polish-Swedish war. The battle resulted in the defeat of a Swedish squadron. The original ship Wodnik participated in the battle.
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The ship commander and officers met with local Polonia members at the oldest yacht club in the Americas, Est 1837 in Halifax, Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron.
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At the Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron in Halifax
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