HISTORY. 80 years ago the worst maritime disaster ever occurred

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HISTORY. 80 years ago the worst maritime disaster ever occurred

On January 30, it was 80 years ago that the largest maritime disaster in history took place on the Baltic Sea. The passenger ship Wilhelm Gustloff, confiscated by the German Kriegsmarine at the beginning of the war and carrying almost 10,000 passengers, was hit by three Russian torpedoes and sank almost immediately. The Wilhelm Gustloff was a luxury passenger ship that was launched in 1937 in the presence of Adolf Hitler. It was owned by ‘Kraft …