The Motor Gun Boat S-2 ("S" standing for ścigacz meaning pursuer/destroyer) were commissioned to the Polish Navy from 19 July 1940 - 5 July 1944. Unofficially it was named "Wilczur" (meaning Wolfhound). The S-2 engaged 6 German E-boats on the night of June 22nd 1944 which were about to attack a British Convoy in the Dover Straights. The Skipper, Lt. E. Wcislicki (nicknamed “Whisky”, later to become Captain Westlake RN), was awarded the DSC and the Polish Virtuti Militari.

Marek Twardowski

During WWII

Polish navy