Mamert Stankiewicz Military person

Mamert Stankiewicz (January 22, 1889 – November 26, 1939) was a Polish naval officer of the merchant marine, the commander of Lwów, SS Polonia and finally the ocean liner MS Piłsudski. During the opening months of World War II he was salvaged from one of the latter ship's boats and died of hypothermia. Stankiewicz's life was immortalized by Karol Olgierd Borchardt, whose series of books on Stankiewicz became a best-seller among Polish maritime books.

Personal facts

Birth date	January 22, 1889
Birth place	Russian Empire , Jelgava
Date of death	November 26, 1939
Place of death	North Sea

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Military person

award	Distinguished Service Cross (United Kingdom) Virtuti Militari
military operations	World War II World War I
military branch	Polish Navy Imperial Russian Navy
service start	1900
service end	1939