Baza Nurkowa Hel

The K-18 was built at the Gdańsk River Shipyard – Stogi. She entered service on January 10, 1965. The steel hull was constructed from six blocks consisting of flat and volumetric sections. The cutter was capable of carrying passengers. The engine room is located amidships beneath the main deck.

The wreck of the 37-meter-long ocean-going tugboat Abeille. Built in 1936 in Leith, the vessel was later commissioned into the Kriegsmarine in Bénodet in 1940. Records indicate that she sank during the winter of 1945 while rendering assistance to another vessel in distress at the Hel roadstead.

Wreck lays on 30m, exacly on it’s keel with a slight tilt to starboard. April 2009 part of the ship was blown up by navy divers and 1/3 of the ship was destroyed. Because of often strong currents, a lot of debris hangs on the wreck, therefore there is an increased risk of getting caught/stuck on lines and nets.

A warship built at the Chantiers Navals Français shipyard in Blainville (which also supplied the boilers and turbines) and Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire in St. Nazaire. The first modern Polish destroyer of the Second Polish Republic’s Navy (she served under the Polish flag for 9 years).

A midget submarine of the M-XV-bis class, built in the UDSSR and operated within the Baltic Fleet from 1948 to 1954. She was subsequently transferred to Poland in November 1954.

Launched on October 10, 1942, at the Robert Jacob shipyard in City Island, New York. She belonged to the BYMS-class of wooden motor minesweepers. Her name during service in the British Royal Navy was “BYMS-2211“. She was commissioned into the Polish Navy on April 19, 1948.