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Wilhelm Gustloff |
Builder: |
Blohm & Voss Hamburg, Germany |
Ordered: |
N/A |
Keel Laid: |
August 1, 1936 |
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Year Built: |
1937 |
Launched: |
May 5, 1937 |
Type: |
Passenger |
Completed: |
May 15, 1938 |
Fate: |
Sunk Jan. 30, 1945 by the Russian submarine S-13 (torpedo). Location: Baltic Sea, 53 miles northwest of Gdynia, Poland. (55.07N-17.41E) Over 9,000 lives lost, making the loss of the Wilhelm Gustloff the greatest tragedy in maritime history. |
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Sept. 22, 1939: |
Commissioned as Lazarettschiff D. |
Builder's Data |
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Page published Jan. 31, 2007 |