The layout, design and printing of “That Polish Ship”, an account of the actions of the Polish destroyer, ORP Piorun on the nights of the Clydebank Blitz (13th /14th March 1941) and her subsequent pursuit and attack on the German battleship Bismarck on the night of May 26th, a few short weeks after the men of Piorun defended Clydebank and saved the battleship HMS Duke of York and the destroyer HMS Blankney from incendiary bombs as they lay un-manned alongside.
This fifteen-thousand-word illustrated booklet is designed for public information and use in schools and libraries in Scotland and beyond. It will be accompanied by teaching aids. The research and writing are by Antony Kozłowski whose father served on Piorun and knew its commander at the time, Eugeniusz Pławski. It draws on Pławski’s memoirs, from accounts of the Clydebank Blitz, from German records, and from the author’s personal experience of military matters and his research experience into the First and Second World Wars. Estimated costs to publication are around £4,000 sterling.
