Kazimierz Porębski
| Kazimierz Porębski | |
|---|---|
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| Born |
November 15, 1872 Vilna, Russian Empire |
| Died | January 21, 1933 Warsaw, Poland |
| Allegiance |
 Russian Empire Poland
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| Service/branch |
 Imperial Russian Navy Polish Navy
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| Years of service | 1889-1933 |
| Rank | Vice-Admiral |
| Commands held | Polish Navy |
| Battles/wars |
Russo-Japanese War World War I |
Kazimierz Porębski (November 15, 1872 - January 21, 1933) was a Polish career naval officer who rose to the position of admiral within the Imperial Russian Navy, and was subsequently the first commander-in-chief of the inter-war Polish Navy.
Porębski was born in Vilnius, in what was then Vilna Governorate of the Russian Empire to an ethnic Polish family. He entered the Sea Cadets Corps in Petrograd in 1889 and graduated as a midshipman in 1892.
Porębski attended mine warfare school on commissioning into the Imperial Russian Navy, and from 1895 to 1899 served aboard the Dmitrii Donskoi on which he voyaged to the Mediterranean and then to the Far East with a visit to Nagasaki, Japan in 1896. He was promoted to lieutenant on April 13, 1897, after his return to Russia, and continued his studies in mine warfare. He was then assigned to the Pamiat Azova from 1899-1901. On December 1, 1901, he became the executive officer on the cruiser Novik, whose construction he had been sent to oversee at the Schichau-Werke shipyards in Danzig, Germany. Assigned with Novik to the Russian Pacific Fleet, he was promoted to Captain Lieutenant on April 17, 1905. Novik played an active role in the Russo-Japanese War, especially at the Battle of the Yellow Sea and the Battle of Korsakov.
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