Abstract
Victor Vakhtang Lomidze was the first Georgian officer to serve in the Polish Navy. A student of the military academy in Tiflis, he defended Georgia against the Bolsheviks in 1921. After the conquest of Georgia he reached Poland via Turkey and Greece, where he volunteered to join the army. He was a first promotion graduate of the Officers’ School of the Navy and as a foreigner, he became a contract officer of the Polish Navy. He served on board of numerous Polish ships and in staffs. On 1 September 1939, taking command of the mine-layer “Gryf”, he saved the ship and its crew. Wounded on 3 September 1939. Not fully recovered, he undertakes, together with Commander Hryniewiecki’s group, one of the most unusual and at the same time mysterious actions of our Navy. He was interned in Latvia, where he made an escape attempt, together with 60 other officers. After it failed, he continued trying to join his fighting colleagues. Through Sweden he finally got to England, where he served in the Polish Navy, training young sailors working in the Navy Leadership and in staffs. Due to his health, he was unable to sail on combat ships. Twice promoted during the war, he fought for a country that was not his homeland and shed blood for it.
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