MS PILSUDSKI - CAPTAIN

CAPTAIN MAMERT STANKIEWICZ

MS Pilsudski sailed on her maiden voyage from Gdynia to New York on September 15th under a legendary Polish Captain Mamert Stankiewicz who is the central character in the book "You mean captain" by his officer and friend cpt. Karol Olgierd Borchardt.

Captain Stankiewicz remained in command of MS Pilsudski throughout her brief life. When the ship sank in the early hours of November 26th 1939 he was rescued from the water but died shortly thereafter from exhaustion and hypothermia.

SAW BOATS SAFELY LAUNCHED - Then Jumped For It - CAPTAIN HERO OF PILSUDSKI DRAMA
(Northern Daily Mail, Monday, November 27, 1939)

Funeral in Hartlepool.

MINE VICTIM - Last Tributes to Captain of the Pilsudski
(Northern Daily Mail, Wednesday November 29, 1939)

Grave prior to 1999.

Set of photographs kingly supplied by
Zwiazek Polskich Oficerow Marynarki Handlowej w Londynie
(Association of Polish Merchant Navy Officers In London)

The grave photographed in November 1939

The grave photographed in 1972

Undated photograph og grave

The grave in 1986

The late Captain J Starzycki and the late Captain M Uminski shown visiting the grave.
Undated photograph but clearly post the late 1980s restoration.

Visit to the Grave of Captain Mamert Stankiewicz
27th October 2005

Hartlepool Cemetery Department can be contacted on 01429 274517 (00 44 1429 274517) and can usually provide someone to meet you at the Cemetery and direct you to the grave which is actually very easy to find.

West View Cemetery, Hartlepool. Location of the Grave of Captain Mamert Stankiewicz...