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With kai wiesinger, valerie niehaus, heiner lauterbach, dana vavrova. Sign in deleted video breakthrough 1979 richard burton, robert mitchum full movie by the world of burton channel 21. By one estimate, 9,400 people died, which makes it the largest loss of life in a single ship. 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. 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. The submarine sensor on board the escorting torpedo boat had frozen, rendering it inoperable, as had wilhelm gustloff s antiaircraft guns, leaving the vessels defenseless. The wilhelm gustloff, like the titanic, was a big passenger liner and was reasonably new and luxurious.

This film would not have been made were it not for the simple fact that the sinking of the wilhelm gustloff in january 1945 remains the greatest single maritime disaster. According to the list of passengers on the 30th aboard the gustloff were 918 naval officers and men, 173 crew, 373 members of the womans naval auxiliary units, 162 wounded, and 4,424. Image search niehaus granger historical picture archive. But all around me were the bodies, like dark, pitiful rag bundles some crying, some praying, some screaming. Wilhelm gustloff passenger ship 19371945, wreck, wreck database. Video clip from last voyage of the gustloff, a documentary combining historic footage with recreated scenes from a threehour, madeforgermantelevision film in 2008 directed by joseph vilsmaier entitled ship of no return. The last voyage of the gustloff, the crimson ocean, the gustloff, the last voyage of the gustloff, the ship of no return. 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. The ship is named after the former head of the swiss nazi party who was assassinated in.

German film loosely based on the sinking, by a soviet submarine, of a nazi trooptransport ship in the baltic sea on january 30th 1945. As adolf hitler watches wilhelm gustloffs widow, hedwig gustloff, breaks a bottle of champagne on the bow christening the ship at the launch ceremony. It was made for television in 2008 and broadcast in this region some months ago. When the wilhelm gustloff was torpedoed by a soviet submarine and sank, it was an event unlike any in naval history, because of the sheer scale of the tragedy. Wilhelm gustloff, in full motor vessel wilhelm gustloff, german ocean liner that was sunk by a soviet submarine on january 30, 1945. One set is the tv movie, all in german, and the other is the documentary, also in german but very informative with the lack of any other information. Mv wilhelm gustloff the mv wilhelm gustloff in port at oslo, norway, c. The sinking of the wilhelm gustloff national vanguard.

A dive commentary by sea hunter mike fletcher duration. Tv film on nazi germanys titanic draws millions of viewers. It was sunk in the baltic sea on the night of january 30, 1945, by a soviet submarine. It is a small screen release and consists of two parts. The sea hunters the sinking of the wilhelm gustloff tv. On 30 january 1945, captain hellmuth kehding was in charge of the ship, evacuating wounded soldiers and civilians trapped by the red army. The first part wasnt on the gustloff again like night fiel uber gotenhafen it was mostly a war movie. At 55 degrees 07 minutes north, 17 degrees 41 minutes east lies the broken and dead body of a once proud and majestic ship. Its captain, marinesko, ordered three torpedoes to be fired at the german ship. On 30 january 1945, captain hellmuth kehding was in charge of the ship, evacuating wounded soldiers and. Joseph vilsmaiers twopart tv movie focuses on the tragic events surrounding the sinking of the wilhelm gustloff.

Elsa freymueller and her two young children, jutta and 18monthold frankmichael, were among those aboard the stricken vessel. Joseph vilsmaier twopart tv movie focuses on the tragic events surrounding the sinking of the wilhelm gustloff, a german passenger ship, at the end of world war ii. See more ideas about disney, bambi disney, pinocchio disney. Codename hannibal the sailing of ms wilhelm gustloff. Soon after leaving the harbor of danzig, it was hit by three torpedoes from the soviet. Actor 76 the incredible story of rose island 2020 w. 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. Wilhelm gustloff facts glossary vessels adolf hitler. The video ends with footage of divers on the wreck of the wilhelm gustloff in the 1990s early 2000s. A ship named gustloff when adolf hitler launched the wilhelm gustloff from the seaside city of hamburg on may 5, 1937, hundreds of german workers and nazi party officials gathered to witness the spectacle flags and swastika banners festooned the quay and arms raised in the notorious heil hitler salute as the ship sailed forth showing an uneasy world the full industrial might of nazi. Once the story of the wilhelm gustloff is known, the information on these pages not only becomes more meaningful but an aweinspiring exhibit for. The wilhelm gustloff was the most lethal shipwreck in history, but some details of the sinking remain unknown. Wilhelm gustloff the greatest maritime disaster in history. Sinking of mv wilhelm gustloff the deadliest maritime.

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. Above her amongst the ice, snow and sleet are shadows and the now. The last voyage of the wilhelm gustloff is a twopart german mini series. The gustloff incident historys deadliest and mostly. Nine thousand passengers died, as only 1,230 were able to use the life boats. The titanic was a testimony of the hubris of a civilization that worshipped technology and thought it could conquer nature. Saw the second part of the movie, this second part was mostly on the gustloff. Model shipwrights ms wilhelm gustloff by peter fulgoney. The wilhelm gustloff was 684ft long nearly a full 200ft shorter than the titanic, she weighed 26,000grt gross registered tons, a little more than half of the titanic and she carried 417 crew and 1,460 passengers, making for a total complement of 1,877. It sank after being torpedoed by the soviet submarine s on 30 january 1945. Movie on wilhelm gustloff encyclopedia titanica message. Diving cold baltic waters, the sea hunters become the first to explore the wreck and reveal their findings to the world. See more ideas about shipwreck, titanic underwater and russian submarine. Movie on wilhelm gustloff before sinking wilhelm gustloffalexander marinesko was facing a court martial due to his problems with alcohol and for being caught in a brothel while guxtloff and his crew were off duty, so marinesko was thus deemed not suitable to be a hero for his actions.