Sinking simulator wilhelm gustloff youtube wilhelm, simulation. Diving cold baltic waters, the sea hunters become the first to explore the wreck and reveal their findings to the world. Feb 02, 2015 the sinking of mv wilhelm gustloff was a war crime and indeed a hate crime of epic proportions, which the world media, court historians and justice officials have ignored, like so many others committed against germans. At 55 degrees 07 minutes north, 17 degrees 41 minutes east lies the broken and dead body of a once proud and majestic ship. A film about the 1945 sinking of a german transport carrying nearly 9000 refugees by a soviet submarine.
The story of the wilhelm gustloff august, 2015 august. To commemorate the 71st anniversary of the, january 31, 1945, sinking of the wilhelm gustloff, upnorth is offering readers free, limited time access to the award winning canadian documentary sinking the gustloff. Movie on wilhelm gustloff encyclopedia titanica message board. Around 3,300 people aboard the steuben died while about 300 individuals survived. January 30, 1945 sinking of the wilhelm gustloff remember the wilhelm gustloff, 1945 in the night of january 30th, 1945 while evacuating refugees from eastern germany, the gustloff, which was designed to carry a max. Everyone has heard about the sinking of the titanic, and very few have heard about the sinking of the s. Cap arcona, named after cape arkona on the island of rugen, was a large german ocean. January 30, 1945 sinking of the wilhelm gustloff stormfront.
In the dead of night the soviet submarine s slammed three torpedoes into the gustloff s side sending her to the bottom of the baltic, and taking 9,500 passeners and crew, over half of them children. Learn more about the sinking of the wilhelm gustloff in this article. The sinking of mv wilhelm gustloff by the soviet submarine s resulted in the greatest maritime disaster in history with the largest loss of life at sea. Theres a lot more history in the book than id anticipated, as the journalist paul born immediately after his mothers rescue during the sinking of wilhelm gustloff travels through his familys immediate history in parallel with the story of wilhelm gustloff, man and ship. Wilhelm gustloff january 30, 1895 february 4, 1936 was the founder and leader of the swiss nsdap ao the national socialist party organization for german citizens abroad. Long shrouded in soviet secrecy, the remains of the german refugee ship wilhelm gustloff mark the largest maritime disaster in the history of the world, one that claimed more than 9,000 lives.
Jan 31, 2016 to commemorate the 71st anniversary of the, january 31, 1945, sinking of the wilhelm gustloff, upnorth is offering readers free, limited time access to the award winning canadian documentary sinking the gustloff. The sinking of the wilhelm gustloff marks the literal start of the narrators tangled personal life, and in turn becomes a means of reflecting on the ways in which. You go on board onto the wilhelm gustloff, with 10,000 others. It was sunk in the baltic sea on the night of january 30, 1945, by a soviet submarine. It sank after being torpedoed by the soviet submarine s on 30 january 1945. Apr 19, 2020 the sinking of mv wilhelm gustloff by the soviet submarine s resulted in the greatest maritime disaster in history with the largest loss of life at sea.
Wilhelm gustloff, which was the greatest maritime disaster. Once one of nazi germanys most vaunted cruise liners, the wilhelm gustloff packed her decks with some 6. The mv wilhelm gustloff now lies off the northern coast of poland, 450 metres at the bottom of the baltic sea. The wilhelm gustloff was a wwii german cruise liner.
Ms wilhelm gustloff sinking rare video the biggest. Codename hannibal the sailing of ms wilhelm gustloff. Model shipwrights ms wilhelm gustloff by peter fulgoney. On 30 january wilhelm gustloff, carrying a total of 10,582 passengers and crew. The capsized hulk of cap arcona later drifted ashore, and the beached wreck was finally broken up in 1949. In sellwoods own words, this is a reconstruction of the tragedy, with material drawn from interviews with some of the survivors and official documents. On january 30 1945, the gustloff was filled to the bursting point with 10,000 german refugees fleeing the advancing red army. There are some disasters ending in death of thousands of people. Mv wilhelm gustloff was a german armed military transport ship which was sunk on 30 january 1945 by soviet submarine s in the baltic sea while evacuating german civilian refugees from east prussia, lithuania, latvia, poland and estonia and military personnel from gotenhafen as the red army advanced. Princes death in the baltic is an account of the worst maritime disaster in history, the sinking of the wilhelm gustloff in january 1945. The sinking of the wilhelm gustloff caused the deaths of more than 9. Mv wilhelm gustloff was a german cruise ship converted into a hospital ship and which while functioning as a military transport ship was sunk. It was packed with nearly 8,000 germans, most of them women and children escaping from the advancing soviet army. Feb 26, 2007 i just noticed that a new movie about the sinking of the wilhelm gustloff is coming out march 10th 2008.
A memorial for the victims of the wilhelm gustloff sinking. While not a secret, the incident did not receive nearly as much attention over the years as it would have had it not occurred during the last stages of a bitter war. Some may not be aware of a few cases named as accident since they are the accidents at sea and take place in the list, though not ordinary events of incidents. The wilhelm gustloff is my favourite ship of all times. The ship had been in harbour for five years serving various functions but now the time had come to leave. When the german cruise liner, the wilhelm gustloff was sunk in the baltic sea, in january 1945, an estimated 910,000 people perished. January 30th 1945 the wilhelm gustloff sink after hit by three torpedoes of russia and sank in 45 minutes game. As a civilian ship, she was commanded by merchant marine captain friedrich petersen. Should sinking the wilhelm gustloff ship be counted as an. On the bitter, cold day of january 30, 1945, the german transport wilhelm gustloff left port from east prussia with 10,582 crew and evacuees on a ship that was designed to carry 1865 people. Ms wilhelm gustloff,the worst maritime disaster youtube. One of the research sources used by ruta and a brilliant nonfiction. Mv wilhelm gustloff torpedoed by a soviet submarine. This is not a forum for general discussion of the articles subject put new text under old text.
The following is the story of oberbootsmannsmaat karl hoffmann a survivor of the sinking. This is a recreation of the german ship wilhelm gustloff which sank on january 30th. A film about the 1945 sinking of a german transport carrying nearly 9000 refugees. The sinking of the wilhelm gustloff, maritime disaster with. To escape russia, the german civilians tried to evacuate in all directions but kept getting caught. Introducing a topic about wartime maritime disaster, invariably leads one to broach the topic of the illfated wilhelm gustloff, termed as the deadliest maritime disaster in the maritime history a construction that was envisioned as the ultimate cruise vessel, turned into a hospital ship before finally being transformed into a navy personnel carrier, mv wilhelm gustloff was a german ship. The tragedy of wilhelm gustloff virtual sailor 7 youtube. Codenamed hannibal, the wilhelm gustloffs sailing was part of a larger operation to evacuate german refugees from gdynia to germany itself in the face of the approaching soviet offensive. One of the most notorious events of world war ii was the sinking of the mv wilhelm gustloff. The sinking of the wilhelm gustloff national vanguard. Sinking of mv wilhelm gustloff the deadliest maritime.
Click here to start a new topic please sign and date your posts by typing four tildes new to wikipedia. Check out survive the sinking of the wilhelm gustloff. Wilhelm gustloff in print and film encyclopedia titanica. The sinking of the wilhelm gustloff late night live abc. The sinking remains the worst maritime disaster in history but the titanic and other muchpublicised losses tend to shield the wilhelm gustloff from greater scrutiny. The figures from the research of heinz schon make the total loss in the sinking to be.
Vehicle simulator free download pc game vehicles, sailing. Survive the sinking of the wilhelm gustloff roblox. Apr 09, 2017 before sinking wilhelm gustloff, alexander marinesko was facing a court martial due to his problems with alcohol and was thus deemed not suitable to be a hero for his actions and was instead awarded the order of the red banner. The sinking of wilhelm gustloff has been considered as the biggest maritime catastrophe of all time even surpassing the combined calamities of titanic which sank taking more than 1,500 people with it after hitting an iceberg and lusitania which sank with 1,119 people after getting hit by a german torpedo. Msw crewmate peter fulgoney peterf takes us on a journey back into time with his build and presentation of codename hannibal, the sailing of ms wilhelm gustloff, in this on display feature. Jan 30, 2016 a film about the 1945 sinking of a german transport carrying nearly 9000 refugees by a soviet submarine. This month marks the 64th anniversary of a littlenoted but greatest maritime disaster in history. Nov 06, 2002 im currently reading crabwalk and its quite interesting. It was terrible, but it was a result of war, a terrible result of war. Wilhelm gustloff facts glossary vessels adolf hitler. Sinking of mv wilhelm gustloff the deadliest maritime disaster. By a wide margin this makes it the largest loss of life resulting from the sinking of a single vessel in. When the wilhelm gustloff went down, on the other hand, with the loss of more than 6,000 lives, the controlled media adopted the deliberate policy that it was a nonevent, not to be commented on or even reported.
This is an apolitical forum for discussions on the axis nations and related topics hosted by the axis history factbook in cooperation with christian ankerstjernes panzerworld and christoph awenders ww2 day by day. As others have said, the wilhelm gustloff was a vessel under military command, not marked as a hospital ship, had military personnel on board, and was technically armed. Naval institute press, annapolis, md, 1973, isbn 1557507422 fiction. The wilhelm gustloff was skippered under a strange doublecommand structure. An estimated 9,000 passengers were killed in the sinking, making it the greatest maritime disaster in history. Feb 18, 2016 the sinking of wilhelm gustloff has been considered as the biggest maritime catastrophe of all time even surpassing the combined calamities of titanic which sank taking more than 1,500 people with it after hitting an iceberg and lusitania which sank with 1,119 people after getting hit by a german torpedo. Although widely recognized as a brilliant commander, he was downgraded in rank to lieutenant and dishonorably. It was at least not unreasonable to assume she was a com. The sinking of the wilhelm gustloff, maritime disaster. Dec 12, 2019 mv wilhelm gustloff was a german ship which was sank by a soviet submarine. Sinking the wilhelm gustloff part 1 youtube rating is available when the video has been rented.
This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the mv wilhelm gustloff article. The sinking of the wilhelm gustloff late night live. He lived in davos, switzerland and worked for the swiss government as a meteorologist. Letters about literature national winners maria cheriyan read. Oct 28, 2012 the sinking of wilhelm gustloff with 9400 deads. Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a page. The sea hunters the sinking of the wilhelm gustloff tv. But the circumstances of the disaster have attracted growing interest and this book by edward petruskevich is a case in point.
More than 1500 people died in this worst peacetime maritime disaster. In the dead of night the soviet submarine s slammed three torpedoes into the gustloffs side sending her to the bottom of the baltic, and taking 9,500 passeners and crew, over half of them children. Wilhelm gustloff, german ocean liner that was sunk by a soviet submarine on january 30, 1945. The true death toll is unlikely to ever be known but what is certain is that the sinking of the german ship wilhelm gustloff was the worst maritime disaster in history. The sinking of the wilhelm gustloff bluejacket books sellwood, a. Mv wilhelm gustloff german refugee ship sunk in 1945. The ship was named in honor of the landesleiter of the nsdap in switzerland, murdered by a jewish assassin, david frankfurter, in 1936. The sinking of wilhelm gustloff with 9400 deads emarine. They said the tragedy of wilhelm gustloff was a war crime. The ship was named in honor of the landesleiter of the nsdap in switzerland. The sinking of mv wilhelm gustloff was a war crime and indeed a hate crime of epic proportions, which the world media, court historians and justice officials have ignored, like so many others committed against germans.
The nazi cruise ship wilhelm gustloff, with cabins for 1,465 people was brought back into service after having being used as a floating barracks. The wilhelm gustloff, like the titanic, was a big passenger liner and was reasonably new and luxurious. At the same time, as residential ship of the 2nd uboat training division, her military captain was a regular navy officer, commander wilhelm zahn. The mv wilhelm gustloff was a german kdf flagship during. Its one of the millions of unique, usergenerated 3d experiences created on roblox. Maybe the victims were better off than if they had been taken by the red army, maybe they werent. The accident is termed as the deadliest maritime disaster in the maritime history. Movie on wilhelm gustloff encyclopedia titanica message. By one estimate, 9,400 people died, which makes it the largest loss of life in a single ship. The film follows three survivors as they return to the site of tragedy for the first time. I just noticed that a new movie about the sinking of the wilhelm gustloff is coming out march 10th 2008. On 30 january she was crammed with over 10,000 people desperate to escape the red army. But why was the titanic remembered when the sinking of the wilhelm gustloff killed over 8,000 more people, five thousand of them children. Youre a german refugee trying to escape the red army.