by Przemysław Myszka

The Polish full-rigged sailing ship Dar Pomorza (Gift of Pomerania), functioning in Gdynia as a museum since 1983, is hosting an exhibition till end-November 2024 devoted to the various animals that inhabited her deck, rigs, cabins, and holds for nearly 100 years (the 1909-built frigate joined the Polish fleet in mid-1930).

It paints a colourful history - often very exotic in the interwar period, though not without bitter moments here & there - clearly delineated by how the world changed after 1945.

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