Maritime History

Castor (1917 ship)

Castor was a Polish tugboat from the interwar period, initially serving in the Polish Navy and later in civilian service. The vessel was built in 1917 at a German shipyard in Kaliningrad and was purchased by Poland in the spring of 1920. Between 1920 and 1922, it served in the Polish Navy before being transferred to civilian use. During World War II, the tugboat operated under the flag of the Third Reich, but after the war, it returned to Poland. The vessel was decommissioned in 1955 and scrapped in 1958. Castor and Pollux, acquired at the same time, were the first tugboats in the Polish fleet.

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See also

• ▸HMS Lynx (1794)
• ▸Cultural diplomacy
• ▸Action of 28 February 1799

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