Kontradmirał Włodzimierz Steyer (July 15, 1892 – September 15, 1957) was a Polish naval officer before and during the Second World War. During the Invasion of Poland in 1939 he commanded the Polish land forces defending the Hel Peninsula in what became known as the Battle of Hel, the longest-lasting battle of the campaign. After the war he briefly served as the commanding officer of the entire Polish Navy. Steyer was also an author of novels under the pen-name "Brunon Dzimicz".
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Russian navy In 1913 he graduated from the Naval Cadet Corps, and then a course on naval gunnery. Conscripted into the Imperial Russian Navy, he was commissioned as a gunnery officer aboard the Askold. On that ship he took part in a spectacular cruise from the Pacific to the Mediterranean in 1915, and then the naval operations in the Dardanelles Campaign. In 1917 he was wounded by shrapnel and withdrawn to Finland, where he served on several smaller ships of the Murmansk Flotilla.
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Kontradmirał Włodzimierz Steyer (July 15, 1892 – September 15, 1957) was a Polish naval officer before and during the Second World War. During the Invasion of Poland in 1939 he commanded the Polish land forces defending the Hel Peninsula in what became known as the Battle of Hel, the longest-lasting battle of the campaign. After the war he briefly served as the commanding officer of the entire Polish Navy. Steyer was also an author of novels under the pen-name "Brunon Dzimicz".
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Early life Włodzimierz Brunon Steyer was born in Montreal, Canada, to Włodzimierz Steyer Sr. and Tekla (née Witołd-Aleksandrowicz). Early in his childhood Steyer with his parents moved to Saint Petersburg in Russia.
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Polish military In 1919 Steyer arrived in Poland and volunteered for the Polish Army. As the Polish forces lacked skilled naval officers, Steyer was quickly promoted and became the deputy commanding officer of the Military Port of Modlin. As the Polish Navy lacked ships, and there were no naval operations during the Polish-Bolshevik War, in 1920 Steyer formed a battalion out of naval NCOs and volunteered for the front-line service in the land forces. However, his unit arrived to the front shortly before the cease-fire and did not take part in the hostilities. Between 1921 and 1922 he was the headmaster of the Temporary Course for Naval Officers, the predecessor of the Academy of the Polish Navy. Afterwards he became the commanding officer of the school ship Generał Haller. In 1924 he became the commanding officer of the gunship Komendant Piłsudski, and then in 1926 of the torpedo boat Mazur. The same year he graduated from the École des officiers canonniers in Toulon. Soon afterwards he retired from active service and joined the Polish Merchant Marine, where he served as an officer aboard SS Wilno. However, in 1927 he returned to the Polish Navy and became the commander of the…
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Following dismissal Unable to make his living on his officer's pension, Steyer started working as an ordinary clerk in the PKO bank in Gdynia and Ostrołęka. During Khrushchev's Thaw, in 1957, he was given a flat in Wrzeszcz, Gdańsk and he finally retired. However, a month later he was hospitalized, and died on September 15, 1957. He was buried with military honours at the Defenders of the Coast Cemetery in Redłowo, Gdynia.
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Publications By the 1930s Steyer had already begun his career as a writer. He translated a number of articles on naval issues and had them published in a variety of newspapers. He also published a series of maritime novels under the pen-name of Brunon Dzimicz. Among his works are Samotny krążownik (Lone Cruiser, 1934), Skaza marynarska (Seaman's Taint, 1937), Eskadra niescalona (Unintegrated Escadrille, 1939), Przygody mata Moreli (The Adventures of Corporal Morela, 1947) and Samotny półwysep (Lone Peninsula, 1957).
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Czerwiński, Julian; Czerwińska, Małgorzata; Babnis, Maria; Jankowski, Alfons & Sawicki, Jan (1996). Kadry Morskie Rzeczypospolitej. Tom II. Polska Marynarka Wojenna. Część I. Korpus oficerów 1918-1947 [Naval Personnel of the Republic. Volume II. Polish Navy. Part I. Officer corps, 1918-1947] (in Polish). Gdynia: Wyższa Szkoła Morska. ISBN 83-86703-50-4. Nakielski, Henryk (1989). Jako i my odpuszczamy [As we forgive] (in Polish). Warszawa: Iskry. ISBN 83-207-1250-5.
