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Other Major Disasters
January - May 1945 |
Soon after beginning research on the Gustloff disaster it became apparent a separate page should be opened where readers could obtain additional information on the other disasters of the epoch. The Gustloff tragedy taken by itself was of gargantuan proportion but, when viewed along the many others which occcured within that short period, it takes on a proportion which is difficult to grasp.
These pages will contain short articles on the individual disasters which occurred within the same period of January to May 1945. In addition, they will contain links to other sites on the Internet which cover those events at greater length. The pages will be updated on a regular basis as additional information becomes available.
Following is an index of all ships mentioned in this special feature. Others will be added as they become available.
Birkenhead The sinking of this ship did not occur in the 1945 time period yet it is included here because of one little 'known' fact. Details coming soon
Cap Arcona One of the worst maritime disaster of all time yet, almost unheard of. See entry for 'Thielbek' for detais.  Several photos uploaded 20 May 98
Dorchester Troopship torpedoed Feb 3rd, 1943.
Deutschland Coming Soon
Empress of Ireland Another 'little-known' maritime tragedy.
Goya New data updated 16 May 98
Hipper Did the Hipper 'sail past' the doomed Gustloff or did it actually make an attempt at rescuing survivors? Answer: It did!
Junyo Maru One of the, if not 'the', largest maritime disaster of all times yet, little known. Several good references. New reference data updated 10 June 98
The Laconia Incident What prompted the so-called 'Laconia Order'.
Leopoldville One of the best kept secrets of the war. Which would explain why so little was, and to this day still is, known about it. New ref data 10 June 98
Loewe Updated 16 May 98
Lusitania Coming soon
Nova Scotia British ship sunk 28 November 1942 in Indian Ocean by U-177 Captain: Korvkpt. Robert Gysae. The U-177 was sunk 6 Feb, 1944 in the South Atlantic west of Ascension Island, by US bombs (VB-107). 50 dead.
Steuben Coming soon.
T-36 Torpedo-boat T-36 saved 564 lives. 17 May 98
Tielbek The Thielbek along with another ship, the Cap Arcona carried among themselves over 16,000 refugees when they were sunk. Only 1600 of them survived!
Titanic Where it all began
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