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Launching of the Goya
The Goya was built and launched in Oslo, Norway, 1942. I found these pictures of her in Herr Heinz Schön's book "Flucht über die Ostsee" She was a freighter.
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In 1943 the German Kriegsmarine took command of the Goya. She was stationed in the harbour of Memel, East Prussia, and used as a - "Zielschiff der U-Boot-Waffe" Sorry, I cannot translate this. It think, it means, she was used as a target ship for U-boat training.
From autumn 1944 on, as a refugee ship, she crossed the Baltic 4 times, evacuating 19785 people from East Prussia. On April 16, 1945, some 7000 soldiers and refugees were aboard. North of Hela (a peninsula near Danzig), at 23.56, she was hit by two Russian torpedoes. She went down in 7 minutes, and ca. 6666 souls with her. Only 334 persons survived (that's the number given by Herr Heinz Schön).
Note: More information on the Goya will be uploaded soon.
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