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MV Wilhelm Gustloff was a German military transport ship which was sunk on 30 January 1945 by Soviet submarine S-13 in the Baltic Sea while evacuating civilians and military personnel from East Prussia and the German-occupied Baltic states, and German military personnel from Gotenhafen , as the Red Army advanced.
Before sinking Wilhelm Gustloff, Marinesko was facing a court martial for drunkenness. Four torpedoes were prepared and each had one nickname: 'For Motherland', 'For Leningrad', 'For the Soviet People', and 'For Stalin'. The first three were launched successfully and struck the port side of the ship. After being struck, the ship listed rapidly ...
Wilhelm Gustloff: Cruise ship converted into a military transport serving as evacuation ship Germany: 30 January 1945: S-13 Soviet Union: 6,500 [3] Goya: Freighter converted into a troop transport serving as evacuation ship Germany: 16 April 1945: L-3 Soviet Union: 5,620 [4] Junyō Maru: Prisoner transport Japan: 18 September 1944: HMS ...
Friends and family of the victims who died when the superyacht Bayesian sank off the coast of Italy are remembering their loved ones — and still seeking answers — three months after the ...
The Italian coast guard previously said 22 people were on the Bayesian, including 12 passengers and 10 crew, when the ship sank. Fifteen people were rescued, including Lynch’s wife, Angela Bacares.
Under the command of Marinesko, then 32, on 30 January 1945, at Stolpe Bank off the Pomeranian coast, S-13 sank the 25,484-ton German armed transport ship Wilhelm Gustloff under Kriegsmarine ensign, overfilled with civilians and military personnel, with three torpedoes. Recent calculations estimate more than 9,000 people were killed, the worst ...
Investigation underway to find out how yacht sank. Investigators will pull the sunken ship from the sea bottom, where it is lying on its side about 160 feet down.
The German cruise ship MV Wilhelm Gustloff was named for Gustloff by the Nazi regime. The ship was sunk by the Soviet submarine S-13 on 30 January 1945 (coincidentally the 50th anniversary of her namesake's birth) in the Baltic Sea while carrying civilian refugees and military personnel fleeing from the advancing Red Army. About 9,400 people ...