Borys Karnicki
| Borys Karnicki | |
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| Born |
September 25, 1907 Vladivostok, Russian Empire |
| Died | February 15, 1985 (aged 77) London |
| Allegiance | Poland |
| Service/branch |
 Polish Navy Poland
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| Years of service | 1930–1946 |
| Rank |
 Komandor porucznik Captain
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| Commands held |
ORP Wilk ORP Sokół |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
| Awards |
Virtuti Militari (Silver Cross) Order of Polonia Restituta (Knight's Cross Cross of Valour Cross of Merit Navy Medal Distinguished Service Order Atlantic Star Africa Star Order of the Dannebrog |
Borys Karnicki (September 25, 1907 – February 15, 1985) was a submarine commander of the Polish Navy during World War II.
He was the younger son of Aleksander Karnicki, a general of the Imperial Russian Army then of the Polish Army. In 1927 Borys graduated in Bydgoszcz. He finished the Polish Naval Academy in 1930. He served on the torpedo boat ORP Podhalanin then on the submarines ORP Żbik, ORP Ryś and finally ORP Wilk. He completed a course of naval artillery and the submarine navigation course.
At the outbreak of war he was the executive officer on the ORP Wilk. After unsuccessful patrols in the Baltic Sea, Wilk passed the Danish straits (Øresund) on September 14/15 and arrived to Scotland. During the long months the crew has nothing to be proud of. Moral was low. On April 13, 1940 he became the commanding officer of Wilk. On June 20, 1940 at 0.25 am, the ORP Wilk rammed an unidentified object at position 56°54′N 03°30′E / 56.900°N 3.500°E. It is probable that it was a German u-boat U-102 or U-122 (both disappeared in June or July). Some suggested, that it might have been an Allied Dutch submarine O13, also lost at sea around that time. According to newest analysis of Wilk's damages the object was most likely a buoy. H.R. Bachmann and Jerzy Pertek noted that in the Wilk's ship's logbook there is no mention of ramming an u-boat.
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