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| SHIP
SPECIFICATIONS AND ESSENTIAL INFORMATION |
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comparison: |
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TRANSPORT
TRUCK
Length: 23 metres (75 feet)
Weight: 40 tons (full) |
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M.S.
WILHELM GUSTLOFF
Length: 209 metres (684 feet)
Weight: 26,000 tons
Passengers & Crew: 1,885 |
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The
Gustloff was about the length of two football
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R.M.S.
TITANIC
Length: 269 metres (883 feet)
Weight: 46,000 tons
Passengers & Crew: 3,511 |
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QUEEN
MARY 2
Length: 345 metres (1,132 feet)
Weight: 150,000 tons
Passengers & Crew: 3,873 |
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M.S.
Wilhelm Gustloff Detailed
Specifications |
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Type:
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Passenger
Cruise Ship
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Weight:
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25,484
GRT (Gross Registered Tons)
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Length:
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208.5
metres (684 feet)
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Width:
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23.5
metres (77 feet)
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Height:
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56
metres (184 feet) keel to masthead
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Engine:
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Four
8-cylinder MAN diesel engines
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Shafts/Props:
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2
(“twin-screw”). 4 blades per
prop.
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Horsepower:
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9,500
hp
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Anchors:
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3
(1 port, 2 starboard)
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Speed:
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15.5
knots
(approx. 29 km/h or 18 mph)
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Range:
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12,000
nautical miles @ 15 knots
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Passengers:
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1,463
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Crew:
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417
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Passenger
Cabins:
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489
(248 two-bed and 241 four-bed)
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Classes:
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Only
1
(classes eliminated)
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#
of Decks:
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8
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Deck
Space:
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5,000
square metres
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Watertight
Subdivision:
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12
transverse bulkheads
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Plumbing:
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50
bathrooms, 100 showers, 145 toilets
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Lifeboats:
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22
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Builder:
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Blohm
&
Voss,
Hamburg
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Yard
#:
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511
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Owner:
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Deutsche
Arbeitsfront (DAF) - KdF
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Interior
Design:
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Professor
Woldemar Brinkmann, Munich
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Cost:
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25
Million Reichmarks
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Managed
By:
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Hamburg-South
America
Line
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Radio
ID:
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DJVZ
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Keel
Laid:
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August 1, 1936
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Launch:
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May 5, 1937
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Delivery:
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March 15, 1938
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Sinking:
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January 30, 1945
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Sister
Ship:
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Robert Ley
(delivery
March 24, 1939)
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| LOCATION
OF SINKING (click to zoom) |
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Current time in Gdynia (Gotenhafen):
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