SS General von Steuben
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SS General von Steuben was a German passenger liner and later an armed transport ship of the German Navy that was sunk in the Baltic Sea during World War II. She was launched in 1923 as München, renam
SS General von Steuben
Passengers disembark from the München at Gudvangen, Norway in the summer of 1925
Scuba diver examining one of Steuben's engine order telegraphs
MV Wilhelm Gustloff
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MV Wilhelm Gustloff was a German military transport ship, which was taking part in Operation Hannibal, when it was sunk by Soviet submarine S-13 in the Baltic Sea on 30 January 1945. At the time, it w
SS General von Steuben
…accommodation ship. In 1944, she was pressed into service as a transport ship returning wounded troops to Kiel from eastern Baltic ports. Along with the Wilhelm Gustloff and numerous other vessels, Steuben was part of the largest evacuation by sea in modern times. The Operation Hannibal evacuations surpassed the British…
Wilhelm Gustloff as a hospital ship, before being converted into an armed military transport. Docked in Danzig, 23 September 1939.
Wilhelm Gustloff, 1940
Wilhelm Gustloff, 1940
German soldiers wounded at Narvik being transported to Germany on Wilhelm Gustloff in July 1940.