A list dated 17 November 1939 was dealing with ships and floating equipment captured by the Germans in the Polish coastal area. With the German ship breaking company Gemeinschaft Bremerhaven was negotiated about scrapping the ships and equipment not wanted by the military leader of the salvage group. Captured ships not owned by the Polish government were due to the war considered as war prizes and could be used for service. Ships not used for military purposed could be returned for economic reasons to their owners. An item reported the Polish training ship Hulk Baltrik with a displacement of 8.100 ton. She was an aged former French cruiser lying at Gdynia [called Gotenhafen by Germans] floating with some damage of small hits. Suitable to be used as training ship and floating barracks.(1)
Note
1. The French protected cruiser D’Entrecasteaux, laid down by the Société Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée, La Seune, France in September 1894, between 1923-1926 in Belgium naval service, sold to Poland in 7 March 1927 as the Król Władysław IV but renamed Baltyk on 17 September and scrapped by the Germans somewhere in 1942. The damage was caused by German artillery fire on 16-17 September 1939.
Source
High Command of the Kriegsmarine. Case 110. Website
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