Press Secretary of the 8th Coast Defense Flotilla Navy Poland Grzegorz Lewandowski said, that the Polish Gniezno warship was damaged during the NATO exercise "Baltops" in the Baltic Sea.
According to Lewandowski, marine vessel fulfills operations. However, during one of the approaches to the beach it collided with an underwater object. In this case, the bottom plating damaged Gniezno.
As the press-secretary of the 8th Coast Defense Flotilla Polish Navy, ship returns in accordance with the schedule. His expected today, 17 June. None of the soldiers in the incident was not injured.
The exercise involved three Polish ship. Gniezno ship was built in 1988 year.
