In Service: 15 March 1938 to 30 January 1945
Ordered:
Builder: Blohm
& Voss, Hamburg
Construction No:
Laid down:
Launched: 5 May 1937
Commissioned: 15 March 1938
Type: Hospital ship / Lazarettschiffe
Class:
Displacement: 19,350 tons
Length: waterline 208.5 m overall
Beam: 23.59 m
Draft: 6.5 m
Propulsion: 4 × MAN 2 stroke 8 cylinder, 2 ×
shafts producing up to 9500 hp
Propellers: 2
Speed: 15.5 knots
Range: 12,000 nautical miles at 15 knots
Crew: 500 men and officers
Armament: none
Armour
Aircraft:
Electronics:
Operators: Kriegsmarine
Variants:
Other: Hospital ships
Articles:
15 March 1938
The Hospital ship Wilhelm Gustloff is commissioned.
20 November 1940
The Hospital ship Wilhelm Gustloff is converted to a floating
for naval personnel at the Baltic port of Gotenhafen
1945
The Hospital ship Wilhelm Gustloff is used in Operation Hannibal
to transport 9,400 German soldiers and civilians from East
Prussia to western Germany.
30 January 1945
The Hospital ship Wilhelm Gustloff is sunk by Russian submarine
S-13 An estimated 9,400 people were killed in the sinking.
German Warships, 1815-1945: Major Surface Vessels.
ISBN-10: 0851775330
German Warships, 1815-1945: U-boats and Mine Warfare Vessels.
ISBN-10: 155750301X
German warships of the Second World War.
ISBN-10: 0668040378
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