Battle of Danzig Bay | |||||||
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Part of Invasion of Poland | |||||||
![]() Wreck of ORP Gryf | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Unknown |
Stefan de Walden Stefan Kwiatkowski † Viktor Lomidze | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
33 Junkers Ju 87B |
1 destroyer ORP Wicher 1 minelayer ORP Gryf 5 minesweepers 2 gunboats AA units at Hel Peninsula | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
7-10 aircraft destroyed or damaged |
52 killed and wounded 1 minelayer and 1 minesweeper damaged |
The Battle of Danzig Bay (Polish: bitwa w Zatoce Gdańskiej) took place on 1 September 1939, at the beginning of the invasion of Poland, when Polish Navy warships were attacked by German Luftwaffe aircraft in Gdańsk Bay (then Danzig Bay). It was the first naval-air battle of World War II.[1][2]