SS Wisła (1928)

SS Wisła in 1946-48

SS Wisła was 5.070 DWT bulk carrier that was built in 1928 by Craig, Taylor & Co. Ltd. shipyard, Stockton-on-Tees, United Kingdom for the Polish ship-owner "Żegluga Polska". She was serving for Polish shipowner as a bulk carrier until 1961 and then as a lighter. In December 1975 she was towed to Belgium to be scrapped.

In late September 1943, Wisła was involved in picking up the survivors of the U-boat attack on Convoys ONS 18/ON 202.[1]

References

  • Jerzy Miciński, Księga statków polskich 1918–1945, tom 2, Gdańsk 1997, ISBN 83-86181-31-1, p. 129-130, 141-173
  1. ^ Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval Historical Center, Department of the Navy. 1991. p. 293. ISBN 9780160020551.