In January 1939 Poland has too little time to create new strategic depth or a large fleet. Its narrow immediate option is a rush order for torpedo boats from a British builder with a working production line, such as J. Samuel White at Cowes. July or August is the useful delivery window, based on visible danger along Poland's border rather than hindsight about the exact September outbreak. An available small craft is more plausible than a fresh destroyer or capital-ship programme when mobilisation is close.
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A rush British torpedo-boat order for Poland
With only months likely remaining, Poland's most plausible immediate purchase is a rush torpedo-boat order from a British yard that already has a production line.