42 Hilarious MV Wilhelm Gustloff Puns

Today I Learned the sinking of the MV Wilhelm Gustloff resulted in the loss of 9,400 German citizens. This makes it the largest loss of life in a single ship sinking, however it is a rather unknown event due to being overshadowed by all the news of WW2 ending around the same time. wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Wil…

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👤︎ u/throwmetfawaythanks

📅︎ Nov 27 2021

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The MV Wilhelm Gustloff

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👤︎ u/Oceanic-Star-Line

📅︎ Dec 22 2021

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MV Wilhelm Gustloff, the most tragic maritime disaster in human history!

https://preview.redd.it/de2luwds9if71.jpg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7d23d796313a259cee0fa9c0c431de78256363f2

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👤︎ u/ThiccChalanger2005

📅︎ Aug 05 2021

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MV Wilhelm Gustloff, Me, Gouache, 2021

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👤︎ u/nhafilaar13

📅︎ Sep 14 2021

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The MV Wilhelm Gustloff was a ww2 refugee ship that was carrying over 10,000 German civilians from Poland (correct me if I'm wrong) and was struck on port side 3 times from a Soviet submarine. In the end 9400 were killed, 5000 of them were kids.

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👤︎ u/thefishyslayer2006

📅︎ Sep 28 2020

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Colourised image of the MV Wilhelm Gustloff as seen in 1938/39.

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👤︎ u/Szabo84

📅︎ Jun 04 2021

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TIL MV Wilhelm Gustloff was a German armed military transport ship which was sunk on 30 January 1945 by Soviet submarine. By one estimate, 9,400 people died, which makes it the largest loss of life in a single ship sinking in history. dw.com/en/75-years-on-lit…

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👤︎ u/petterso

📅︎ Jan 31 2020

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TIL the WWII sinking of the MV Wilhelm Gustloff resulted in more than 6 times the number of deaths suffered by the Titantic sinking, including ~5000 children en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_…

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👤︎ u/wjcott

📅︎ Oct 28 2018

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75 years ago the german transport ship MV Wilhelm Gustloff, carrying mostly refugees was sunk by a Soviet submarine. More than 9000 people have lost their lives. smithsonianmag.com/histor…

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👤︎ u/hatsek

📅︎ Jan 30 2020

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TIL in 1945 the worst maritime disaster ever happened when the *MV Wilhelm Gustloff* was sunk by Soviet torpedos. The ship was attempting to cross the Baltic sea to evacuate fleeing Germans. While the total death count is not known, it is estimated at nearly 9,000 smithsonianmag.com/histor…

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👤︎ u/llcucf80

📅︎ Apr 27 2020

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TIL that the largest loss of life from a maritime sinking was the MV Wilhelm Gustloff which sank in 1945 with as many as 9,400 passengers and crew lost (6 x Titanic) time.com/4198914/wilhelm-…

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👤︎ u/o2fill

📅︎ May 26 2019

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MV Wilhelm Gustloff. Sunk 75 years ago today by Soviet submarine S-13. The Estimated loss of life ranges from 9,343 to 9,600 including around 5,000 children.

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👤︎ u/Darth_Texan

📅︎ Jan 30 2020

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Operation Hannibal the biggest single loss of life during a maritime event. 9600 people estimated to have died in the sinking of MV Wilhelm Gustloff en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/M…

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👤︎ u/djcorbetto

📅︎ Jul 17 2020

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TIL that the biggest maritime disaster is believed to be the sinking of MV Wilhelm Gustloff in 1945. An estimated 9,400 out of 10,500 of the passengers perished after the ship was hit by three Soviet torpedoes, six times more than the famous Titanic disaster. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_…

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👤︎ u/Mazep

📅︎ Apr 20 2016

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TIL of the MV Wilhelm Gustloff, a German Liner sunk in WWII with a loss of over 9,000 lives. militaryhistorynow.com/20…

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👤︎ u/PaddyMeBoy

📅︎ May 14 2019

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TIL that Titanic shipwreck isn't even in top30 by death toll. The biggest shipwreck of MV Wilhelm Gustloff was 6 time more deadly than Titanic disaster. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lis…

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👤︎ u/daph2004

📅︎ Feb 09 2014

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MV Wilhelm Gustloff was sunk on 30 January 1945 by a Soviet submarine. The total lost in the sinking was about 9,343 men, women, and children. This would make it the largest loss of life in a single sinking in maritime history. [1000x849] imgur.com/frtg6Eu

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👤︎ u/badmotherfucker1969

📅︎ Feb 21 2013

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Coworkers enjoy their free cruise on the ill-fated Wilhelm Gustloff, sponsored by the German government, August 1938 (2052 x 1436)

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👤︎ u/InYourOrbit

📅︎ Dec 02 2021

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I built the Wilhelm Gustloff

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👤︎ u/Crusty_Grape

📅︎ Dec 29 2021

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The German ocean liner Wilhelm Gustloff was sunk in the Baltic Sea by a soviet submarine killing over 9,000 civilians and crew in 1945

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👤︎ u/KelsonCats

📅︎ Nov 08 2021

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The Wilhelm Gustloff before her first departure in 1938 and after her test in the Hamburg harbour (according to Smithsonian Magazine), the eventual sinking of which in the Baltic Sea on 30th of January 1945 whilst conveying German refugees from Poland was the worst maritime disaster ever.[1600×1160]

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👤︎ u/Jillian_Wallace-Bach

📅︎ Nov 25 2021

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August 1938, my grandma on the deck of the Wilhelm Gustloff. The German government sponsored a free vacation for her company. Promotional items from the cruise included in gallery. reddit.com/gallery/r78ajw

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👤︎ u/InYourOrbit

📅︎ Dec 02 2021

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The Wilhelm Gustloff

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👤︎ u/Crusty_Grape

📅︎ Dec 29 2021

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A video about the Wilhelm Gustloff sinking could work for several of your channels (some say worst shipwreck in history, 4 times as many dead as Titanic) nationalww2museum.org/war…

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👤︎ u/Rinem88

📅︎ Nov 23 2021

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(Wilhelm Gustloff) The Worst Maritime Disaster

The Titanic wasn't even close to the worst disaster at sea. In 1945 a German cruise ship named Wilhelm Gustloff was trying to evacuate soldiers and citizens from the Baltic States. A Soviet Submarine sank the ship and killed at least 9600 people.

To learn more watch the full episode here:

https://youtu.be/ftG0925PQpk

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👤︎ u/leftysrule200

📅︎ Nov 15 2021

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This day in 1945, Soviet submarine S-13 sinks German transport ship Wilhelm Gustloff, killing ≈ 9,350 people, including 5,000 children. The loss of life from the sinking of Wilhelm Gustloff was six times greater than that of the Titanic.

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👤︎ u/Vucea

📅︎ Jan 30 2021

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TIL: The Wilhelm Gustloff (1945) is the deadliest shipwreck in history in terms of number of lives lost as some 9,000 people perished aboard this German ocean liner after it was torpedoed by a Soviet submarine and sank in the frigid waters of the Baltic Sea. history.com/news/5-mariti…

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👤︎ u/merchantmariner01

📅︎ Mar 13 2021

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The Wilhelm Gustloff video is now live, full real time still rendering youtube.com/watch?v=pe9-Z…

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👤︎ u/TitanicAnimations

📅︎ Sep 11 2021

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Cursed Wilhelm Gustloff

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👤︎ u/Both-Main-7245

📅︎ Jul 30 2021

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Stern of the german Wilhelm Gustloff, The world's deadliest shipwreck, in the 10,000 people aboard, about 7,000 to 9,000 died.

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👤︎ u/DicSoupcan56

📅︎ Jul 16 2020

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Wilhelm Gustloff sinking experience (not made by THG).

Not related to THG, but the people who made the Titanic, Lusitania, and Britannic (before POTM was released) sinking experiences have made a new one about the Wilhelm Gustloff which is to be released on January 29th, 2021. Wilhelm Gustloff's Death on Steam (steampowered.com)

I'm glad that they're doing this because despite this ship being the worst maritime disaster, it is largely unknown to people, save for those in Germany and Poland.

One thing that I've noticed is that the trailer shows the ship sinking by the stern, when several other sources depict the ship going the bow first.

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👤︎ u/Titan828

📅︎ Jan 27 2021

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German soldiers wounded during the Norwegian Campaign in Narvik, with Kreigsmarine medical orderlies, transported to Germany on board the troop transport Wilhelm Gustloff; July 1940.

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👤︎ u/Tenyearnotes

📅︎ Jul 01 2021

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So what place would the Wilhelm Gustloff have in the Fleet of Fog and what purpose would she have in the fleet?

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👤︎ u/Ojerry1997

📅︎ Jul 08 2021

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Sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff: Worst Maritime Disaster in History youtu.be/JIlcP1fW5I4

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👤︎ u/swiftlysauce

📅︎ Jul 19 2021

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Do you approve of a Wilhelm Gustloff film?

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👤︎ u/rmsolympic1920

📅︎ May 12 2021

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Wilhelm Gustloff: The Deadliest Disaster at Sea Killed Thousands, Yet Its Story Is Little-Known. Why? smithsonianmag.com/histor…

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👤︎ u/boemul

📅︎ Jan 30 2020

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TDIH: January 30, 1945, World War II: The Wilhelm Gustloff, overfilled with German refugees, sinks in the Baltic Sea after being torpedoed by a Soviet submarine, killing approximately 9,500 people.

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👤︎ u/Paul-Belgium

📅︎ Jan 30 2021

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This is Alexander Marinesko, a soviet submarine commander. He gave the order to sink the Wilhelm Gustloff, which resulted in the death of 9k civilians. The soviets built a monument for his glorious deeds. Now, that's what I consider a war hero! reddit.com/gallery/k96ok7

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👤︎ u/Guy1404

📅︎ Dec 08 2020

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S.S. Wilhelm Gustloff.

Does anyone ever go down to the wreck of the Gustloff? I looked up the wreck on google and it just showed me illustrations? Can someone help me on this?

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👤︎ u/Ilikememes1900

📅︎ Jun 25 2020

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New background article on TracesOfWar.com: Nazi ship Wilhelm Gustloff #background #article tracesofwar.com/articles/…

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👤︎ u/tracesofwar

📅︎ Jan 30 2021

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The Wilhelm Gustloff: The deadliest maritime disaster in history. Little known as it was at the hands of Allied forces in WW2.

https://youtu.be/lJ0BO0b9Km4

Although not as well known as the Titanic or Lusitania, no other ship sinking saw the greatest loss of life. Our family are well aware of it as my grandmother and g.grandmother were on it for a short amount of time before it left the harbour as they tried to escape Prussia. They got off due to overcrowding and if they hadnt I would not be able to post this video today.

Edit: wow the comments, I guess the refugees deaths didn't matter as there were also German soldiers on board. /s

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👤︎ u/SavageMurphy

📅︎ Mar 10 2018

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Book 191/52. A truly captivating story about a group of fictionalized WWII refugees escaping the Red Army by boarding the Wilhelm Gustloff cruise ship.(4.5/5 stars).

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👤︎ u/espiller1

📅︎ Nov 08 2020

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