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02-Aug-2020 Jola Dziubinska

Commemorative Stone

Gdynia, Poland

Commemorative stone to the lost sailors.

SY Bieszczady was a Polish sailing yacht type Opal (built in 1974), belonging to the Polish Scouting and Guiding Association.
It sank in the North Sea in the night of 10 September 2000 after a collision with the Hongkong tanker MV Lady Elena.
Of eight crew members on board, only one survived - the only woman, the 2nd officer.
The wreck of the yacht is now in the National Maritime Museum in Gdansk.


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