It was published in 1979, so I'm sure it is long out of print. Wilheim Gustloff was a cruise ship of 684 feet in length.
MV Wilhelm Gustloff was the first purpose-built ship for the German Labor Front.

The Cap Arcona lies at this time in Gotenhafen (where also lie the Gustloff at this time) as a Trainingship. On January 30, 1945, the 25,484 ton German luxury cruise liner (converted to a 500 bed hospital ship) set sail from the port of Danzig overcrowded with 6,050 persons, all fleeing from the advancing Red Army. Both Estonia and more so the Gustloff need english language exposure to lift it out of its footnote status. With all the books and films about Titanic, it’s no wonder we visualize those last dramatic cinematic moments as the broken ship sinks into the nighttime sea and the glow from the port lights go dark. Yes I was surprised too.

It was not about midnight. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. The time frame is also off. Apr 7, 2017 - mv Wilhelm Gustloff was a German cruise ship that sunk by U-boat in 1942 9'000 people had died was biggest tragedy maritime disaster in history. Side-Scan Sonar Illuminates Story of LI's Worst Disaster - Part IWhen the subject of maritime disasters at sea arises, the first name that almost always comes to mind is Titanic. The History Channel showed clips of it a month ago.Not in response to Michael's query, but here's some information on the Wilhelm Gustloff, which is purportedly the worst maritime disaster of all time. See more ideas about Cruise ship, Wilhelm… It was earlier in the evening.

What was the Wilhelm Gustloff??? He touched on the bombing of the harbour but never went into any detail (that I can remember, it was a beer festival! Casualties were about 7,500.I believe several liners were sunk during an Allied air raid on Lubeck in Germany during WW2 and that several thousand people lost their lives. Choose either number, in fact, and the result is the same: even with 1,200 survivors picked up by rescue vessels, the sinking of Wilhelm Gustloff was the worst disaster in maritime history, at least four times bigger, in terms of human life, than the sinking of the Titanic. Just before midnight, in the Baltic sea, the ship was hit by three torpedoes from a Russian submarine. The German liner Wilhelm Gustloff was about a third of the size of the Titanic, but was carrying six times as many people when she was torpedoed by a Soviet sub on Jan. 30, 1945. and JavaScript is disabled. This site uses cookies to help personalise content, tailor your experience and to keep you logged in if you register. Onoho 30. ledna 1945, kdy Wilhelm Gustloff vyrazil v rámci operace Hannibal z gdyňského přístavu, mělo být podle lodních dokumentů na palubě 6050 lidí. Concentration camp prisoners too. All Rights Reserved. The idea was the ship would provide recreation and cultural activities for German functionaries and workers. To the Boy who grew up with the Titanic and Lusitania the was a new one. "5 books on the Estonia in German??" The Wilhelm Gustloff was originally built as a luxury cruise ship by the Nazi Party to help give members of their labor union morale boost.
There is a book in English about the Wilhelm Gustloff: "The Cruelest Night" by Christopher Dobson, John Miller, and Ronald Payne. With a loss of 1,500 souls, some of them very famous like John Jacob Astor and Benjamin Guggenheim, the story has been retold in several dramatic films.