Photos by Janus Traustason

SS Sodek was a Polish coal and ore freighter. She was the first ship built in Szczecin Poland after World War II and the first seagoing ship completed in Poland. She was the first of 29 ships classed as Project B30, built between 1949 and 1954 in Stocznia Gdaska Gdask Shipyard. The name was given in honour of Stanisaw Sodek, one of the shipyards shock workers.The ship is currently preserved as a museum ship in Gdask, as a part of National Maritime Museum collection.