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Wilhelm Gustloff |
Type: |
Passenger |
Built By: |
Blohm & Voss Hamburg, Germany |
Keel Laid Down: |
August 1, 1936 |
Launched: |
May 5, 1937 |
Commissioned: |
September 22, 1939 (as Lazarettschiff D) |
Fate: |
Sunk January 30, 1945 by the Russian submarine S-13 in the Baltic Sea at 55.07N-17.41E with the loss of over 9,000 lives |
Length: |
684' |
Beam: |
77' |
Draft: |
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Displacement: |
25,484 GRT |
Passenger Cap: |
1,463 |
Crew: |
417 |
Page revised Jan. 31, 2007 |