Samaritan woman
On the Baltic Port of New Technologies site until October 2021, there was Samaritan woman, a Polish sanitary motorboat built in 1931, is stationed at BPNT. The first vessel designed and built in the Gdynia Shipyard.
Samaritan women was put into service in 1933. In 1944, it was sunk in the port of Gdynia during one of the Allied air raids, and was recovered after the end of the war. According to another version, in 1945, it was found on one of the port quays as a wreck devastated by the occupants. It was renovated as late as 1971 and then placed as a ship monument in front of the then Paris Commune Shipyard management building in Gdynia.
In July 2004, the management of Stocznia Gdynia S.A. decided to carry out a major refurbishment of the vessel. On 16 June 2005, the renovated and now listed as a historic monument, the historic ship returned to its former location – in front of the management building.
In 2012, after the modernisation of the Aquarium building (former management building) and the road infrastructure on the former shipyard site, Samarytanka was placed near the new roundabout, between the Aquarium and the Euromedicus clinic.
In October 2021, the Samarytanka was transported to the Naval Museum, where, after renovation, will find quiet haven at an open-air exhibition in the vicinity of another historic vessel - the "Batory" pursuit boat.
