MV WILHELM GUSTLOFF ,GERMAN HUGE SHIP SUNK BY RUSSIANS ON 1945 JANUARY 30
MV WILHELM GUSTLOFF ,GERMAN HUGE SHIP SUNK BY RUSSIANS ON 1945 JANUARY 30 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 German civilians, Nazi officials and military personnel from Gdynia (Gotenhafen) as the Red Army advanced. By one estimate,[3] 9,400 people died, which makes it the largest loss of life in a single ship sinking in history. Wilhelm Gustloff as a hospital ship . Danzig , 23 September 1939 History Germany Name: Wilhelm Gustloff Namesake: Wilhelm Gustloff Owner: Deutsche Arbeitsfront Operator: Hamburg-South America Line Port of registry: Hamburg , Germany Builder: Blohm & Voss Cost: 25 million Reichsmark Yard number: 511 Laid down: 1 August 1936 Launched: 5 May 1937 Acquired: 15 March 1938 Identification: Radio ID (DJVZ) Fate: Requisitioned into the Kriegsmarine on 1 September 1939 Nazi...