General Von Steuben
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General
Von Steuben was a passenger liner laid down by AG Vulkan
in Stettin. She was launched in 1922 and had her maiden
voyage the year after. After the outbreak of world war two
she was requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine and used as an
armed transport and accommodation ship. Under a journey
from Pillau to Swinemunde loaded with more 3600
people, both
civilian refugees and wounded soldiers from the Eastern
front, she was spotted and torpedoed by the Sovjet
submarine S 13 under
command of Alexander Marinesko late at
night 10. February 1945. She was hit by two
torpedoes and sank in the deep in less than seven minutes.
Only three hundred people survived the sinking. The wreck
was found and identified by the Polish navy vessel
Orp Arctowski
in May 2004. The wreck rest today on her port side on a
depth of 50 to 70 meter north of Stolpe Bank. Also see the
wrecks of Goya
and
Wilhelm Gustlof.
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 Picture: General Von Steuben Courtesy of Bundesarchiv Last updated: January 2021 |
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