Goya
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Goya
was built at Akers
Mekaniske Verksted in Oslo and launched in 1940. After
the German invasion of Norway in April 1940 she was
requisitioned by Kriegsmarine and rebuilt as a
transport and supply ship for uboats. In 1943 she was
modified to a depot ship and stationed in Memel. Under
Operation Hannibal in 1945, the evacuation of the
German east territories, she participated in
evacuating both civilians and soldiers.
She was sunk 16.April 1945 under a journey from Danzig to
Stettin. On Goya there were a great number of refugees and
soldiers from Wehrmacht trying to escape the Soviet Red
Army. She was spotted by the Soviet submarine L-3 under
command of Konovalov and torpedoed. Goya broke in two
parts and sank in less than four minutes. It is believed
that between 6-7000 people perished, but the exact number
is disputed. Only 175 survivors were rescued from the cold
water. The wreck was found by Polish divers in 2002, and
the year after a film team from the German TV station MDR
filmed the wreck resting on her keel on a depth of 55 to
75 meters north of Rixhôft.
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| 55° 12' 0" N , 18° 18' 36" E  Akers Mekaniske Verksted    Pictures: Soviet submarine L-1, sistership to L-3 & Commander on L-3, Vladimir Konovalev Courtesy of Uboat.net and Wikipedia, Public Domain Wreck
of sunken liner found: 19/04/2003:
"German deep sea divers have discovered parts of the wreck of the Goya, an ocean liner which sank in 1945 with thousands of refugees aboard, MDR television said on Thursday. The Goya was carrying more than 7 000 German refugees when it was sunk by a Russian submarine April 16, 1945, making it one of the world's worst maritime disasters" Last updated: August 2019
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