Page "Gdynia" Paragraph 25

Construction of Gdynia seaport was started in 1921, but because of financial difficulties was conducted slowly and with interruptions.

It was accelerated after the Sejm ( Polish parliament ) passed the Gdynia Seaport Construction Act on 23 September 1922.

By 1923 a 550-metre pier, 175 metres of a wooden tide breaker, and a small harbour had been constructed.

Ceremonial inauguration of Gdynia as a temporary military port and fishers ' shelter took place on 23 April 1923, and the first major seagoing ship arrived on 13 August 1923.