Colonial League, an organization dedicated to the establishment of a Polish Navy with an overseas colonial presence. From 1919, he joined the Department of Maritime Affairs in the Ministry of National Defense, initiating the Polish Merchant Navy and the Polish Naval Academy in 1920. He also was involved in the purchasing of the training sailing-ship "Lwów", and the expansion of the military harbor in Gdynia. Porebski also participated in the symbolic Poland's Wedding to the Sea performed by Polish president General Józef Haller in early 1920. During the Polish–Soviet War (February 1919 – March 1921), Porębski commanded naval units on the Vistula River. In 1921, he was granted the rank of vice admiral and served as chairman of Maritime Affairs in the Department of the Navy. However, in 1925, he became embroiled in a political scandal involving the purchase of obsolete naval mines and was forced to resign his post. He retired from public service in 1927. A criminal investigation that was launched against him in 1928 by the Military Prosecutor's Office was eventually discontinued. Porębski died on January 21, 1933, in Warsaw, after a long illness and was buried in the Powązki Military Cemetery. Honors Order of St. Stanislaus 3rd class, Russia, 1902 Order of the Red Eagle, 4th class, Prussia, 1902 Order of St. Anne 3rd class with swords and bow, Russia, 1904 Order of St. Stanislaus 2nd class with swords, Russia, 1904 Order of St. George, 4th class, Russia, 1904 Golden Sword of St. George, Russia, 1907 Order of St. Anne 2nd class, Russia, 1907 Order of St Vladimir, 4th class, Russia, 1907 Nichan Iftikhar, Ottoman Empire, 1907 Order of the Crown of Italy, Commander's Cross, Italy, 1908 Legion of Honor, Commander, France, 1908 Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus, Commander, Italy, 1910 Order of St Vladimir, 3rd class, Russia, 1914 Order of the Star of Romania, Romania, Cross of Valour (Poland), 1920 Order of Polonia Restituta, Officer’s Cross, Poland, 1920 References In Polish Julian Czerwiński, Małgorzata Czerwińska, Maria Babnis, Alfons Jankowski, Jan Sawicki. "Kadry Morskie Rzeczypospolitej. Tom II. Polska Marynarka Wojenna. Część I. Korpus oficerów 1918-1947, Wyd. Wyższa Szkoła Morska, Gdynia 1996, Kmdr ppor. mgr Piotr Andrzejewski, kmdr ppor. mgr inż. Zygmunt Białogłowski, kpt. mar. mgr inż. Tomasz Dolny, kmdr por. dr Henryk Karwan, kpt. mar. inż. Janusz Królikowski, kadm. Michał Michalski, kmdr por. dypl. Andrzej Walor. "Przegląd Morski", Wyd. kwiecień 2005, nr 4 / 2005,