Stefan Frankowski (3 April 1887, in Volhynia – 25 September 1940, in Bielawa) was a Polish Captain, posthumously promoted to Rear Admiral. An officer of surface naval ships, from 1908 to 1917 he served in the Russian Imperial Navy and participated in the First World War. Later he joined the Polish Navy and commanded a squadron of torpedo boats, was the commander of the Polish Navy NCO School, and was chief of Director Staff of Polish Navy. During the Invasion of Poland of 1939 he was a commander of Naval Coast Defence. Taken prisoner of war by the Germans, he died in captivity in 1940.
Stefan Frankowski (3 April 1887, in Volhynia – 25 September 1940, in Bielawa) was a Polish Captain, posthumously promoted to Rear Admiral. An officer of surface naval ships, from 1908 to 1917 he served in the Russian Imperial Navy and participated in the First World War. Later he joined the Polish Navy and commanded a squadron of torpedo boats, was the commander of the Polish Navy NCO School, and was chief of Director Staff of Polish Navy. During the Invasion of Poland of 1939 he was a commander of Naval Coast Defence. Taken prisoner of war by the Germans, he died in captivity in 1940.
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Biography In the years 1899-1905 he was a student of a six-grade school in Kiev. In 1908 he graduated from the Naval Cadet Corps in Saint Petersburg and was promoted to the rank of michman. During his service in the Imperial Russian Navy he sailed as a navigation officer on surface ships: the battleships "Cesarewicz" and "Slava" and the cruiser "Aurora". In 1912 he was promoted to lieutenant (Lieutenant (junior grade)). In 1913 he attended a course for navigation officers. During World War I he was a navigation officer in the 2nd Battleship Brigade of the Baltic Sea Fleet. In 1919 he volunteered for the Polish Army and took up the position of head of the Operations Department in the Navy Section of the Ministry of Military Affairs in Warsaw. For a short time he was acting head of the Navy Section. After its transformation into the Department for Maritime Affairs, he became head of the Operations Department in the Organizational Section. He also led the work of the Verification Commission for Officers. Between 1919 and 1920 he worked as an officer for orders and a maritime representative in Stockholm. After returning to Poland, he became the commendant of the…
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Personal life
In 1922, Stefan Frankowski married Maria Róża née Dobrowolska. They had two children, a son, Stefan (1924–1961), and a daughter, Jolanta. He was an encyclopaedist. He was listed among the editors of the eight-volume Military Encyclopedia published in the years 1931–1939. He was a member of the editorial committee of this encyclopedia.
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Golden Cross of Virtuti Militari (posthumously)
Officer's Cross of Order of Polonia Restituta (8 November 1930)
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Cross of Valour
Golden Cross of Merit (28 November 1928)
Commemorative Medal for the War of 1918–1921
Medal of the Tenth Anniversary of Regained Independence
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Officer of Legion of Honour (France)
Knight 1st Class of Order of the Sword (Sweden)
