Talk:Battle of Danzig Bay

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Why did Gryf and Wicher remained on the Baltic Sea? What was the reason that saved some ships with Operation Peking while condemnig others to suicidal Operations Worek and Rurka? --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus ^Talk 02:38, 22 November 2005 (UTC)

First of all, Wicher and Gryf were slow (Wicher being also obsolete). They were not suitable for convoy escort role, which was what for the rest of the Polish fleet was withdrawn. Secondly, the Polish plan Rurka was a decent idea and Gryf was built specifically for that purpose - to lay mines close to the Polish shore. If it wasn't for Łomidze's panick... Halibutt 23:38, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

I am not sure you are fair to Lomidze. He sat on a ship with approximately 24 tons of explosives on board. He had the choice of either laying the mines at night, with little to no light (air attacks were still threatening) making accidents much more likely or lay them while their was still daylight but drastically reducing the ability of all ships to maneuver in case of an air attack (you wouldn't want to maneuver inside a minefield that you are just about to lie) and risking a hit on said 24 tons of explosives.Mütze

It's simply what the sources said. There's no reason to go into all the details of why he dumped the load if the sources never mention it. In fact, your assertion lies on speculation, which simply cannot be put into the article unless it was published in a reputable source. -Indy beetle (talk) 20:24, 19 March 2017 (UTC)

Rename

Shouldn't this article be renamed to Battle of Gdańsk Bay (no "the")? Appleseed (Talk) 15:23, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

Be bold :) //Halibutt 12:19, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

Two years later, I will move it. Ostap 22:48, 18 February 2008 (UTC)