Sinking of the MV Wilhelm Gustloff

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Sinking_of_the_MV_Wilhelm_Gustloff
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ship
gptkbp:captainOfAttackingSubmarine gptkb:Alexander_Marinesko
gptkbp:cause torpedo attack
gptkbp:context gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:date 30 January 1945
gptkbp:departedFrom Gotenhafen (now Gdynia, Poland)
gptkbp:destination gptkb:Kiel,_Germany
gptkbp:evacuationOperation gptkb:Operation_Hannibal
gptkbp:fleetSize gptkb:ship
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sinking of the MV Wilhelm Gustloff
gptkbp:location gptkb:Baltic_Sea
gptkbp:notableFor maritime history
deadliest maritime disaster in history
gptkbp:notableSurvivor Heinz Schön
gptkbp:operator gptkb:Germany
gptkbp:passengersIncluded gptkb:military
civilians
Nazi officials
wounded soldiers
gptkbp:perpetrator gptkb:Soviet_submarine_S-13
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:Operation_Hannibal
gptkbp:relatedShipwreck gptkb:SS_General_von_Steuben
SS Cap Arcona
gptkbp:shipLaunched 1937
gptkbp:shipNamedAfter gptkb:Wilhelm_Gustloff
gptkbp:shipPurpose originally cruise ship for Kraft durch Freude
gptkbp:survived approximately 1,200
gptkbp:torpedoesFired three
gptkbp:usedAs gptkb:ship
barracks ship
evacuation transport
gptkbp:victim over 9,000
gptkbp:victimShip gptkb:MV_Wilhelm_Gustloff
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Seconds_From_Disaster
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7