| 翻訳と辞書 |
| Wilhelm Gustloff (ship) ： ウィキペディア英語版 |
MV Wilhelm Gustloff
The MV ''Wilhelm Gustloff'' was a German military transport ship which was sunk on 30 January 1945 by a in the Baltic Sea while evacuating German civilians, Nazi officials and military personnel from Gdynia (Gotenhafen) as the Red Army advanced. By one estimate,〔"Wilhelm Gustloff: World's Deadliest Sea Disasters". ''Unsolved History'', The Discovery Channel. Season 1, Episode 14. (Original air date: March 26, 2003)〕 9,400 people died, which makes it the largest loss of life in a single ship sinking in history.
Constructed as a cruise ship for the Nazi ''Kraft durch Freude'' (Strength Through Joy) organisation in 1937, she had been requisitioned by the ''Kriegsmarine'' (German navy) in 1939. She served as a hospital ship in 1939 and 1940. She was then assigned as a floating barracks for naval personnel in Gdynia before being put into service to transport evacuees in 1945.
==Construction==
''Wilhelm Gustloff'' was constructed by the Blohm & Voss shipyards. Measuring long by wide with a capacity of , she was launched on 5 May 1937.
The ship was originally intended to be named ''Adolf Hitler'' but was named after Wilhelm Gustloff, a leader of the National Socialist Party's Swiss branch, who had been assassinated in 1936. Hitler decided on the name change after sitting next to Gustloff’s widow during his memorial service.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.wilhelmgustloff.com/facts_didyouknow.htm )〕
抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』
■ウィキペディアで「MV Wilhelm Gustloff」の詳細全文を読む
スポンサード リンク
| 翻訳と辞書 : 翻訳のためのインターネットリソース |
Copyright(C) kotoba.ne.jp 1997-2016. All Rights Reserved.
|
|