caption serviceyears laterwork branch death_place death_date birth_place allegiance awards battles birth_date nickname rank image article_title name
mamert stankiewicz on board m/s piłsudski 1900-1939 writer of maritime history imperial russian navy polish navy north sea 26 november 1939 mitau poland virtuti militari distinguished service cross -lrb- united kingdom -rrb- world war i world war ii 22 january 1889 '' znaczy kapitan '' rear admiral mamert stankiewicz.jpg mamert stankiewicz
 admiral mamert stankiewicz
mamert stankiewicz

mamert stankiewicz -lrb- january 22 , 1889 -- november 26 , 1939 -rrb- was a polish naval officer of the merchant marine , the commander of `` lwów '' , ss `` polonia '' and finally the ocean liner ms `` piłsudski '' .
during the opening months of world war ii he was salvaged from one of the latter ship 's boats and died of hypothermia .
stankiewicz 's life was immortalized by karol olgierd borchardt , whose series of books on stankiewicz became a best-seller among polish maritime books .
