MV Goya
April
16th, 1945
MV
Goya
Ship
Length: 476 ft.
Overall
Tonnage: 5,230
Passenger
Capacity: Ship was a freighter; was carrying around 6,100 refugees and
troops
Time
took to sink: 7 min.
Death
Toll: around 5,917/6100 refugees and troops were
lost
The refugee/troopship MV Goya was torpedoed once by Soviet Submarine L-3. The ship
sank in 7 minutes due to survivor accounts. It was carrying refugees and troops,
similar to the Wilhelm Gustloff and the General Von Steuben. This is the second
worst maritime disaster after the MV Wilhelm Gustloff. The ship sank in the
Baltic Sea, and most of the troops and refugees died of hypothermia and
exposure.
16th, 1945
MV
Goya
Ship
Length: 476 ft.
Overall
Tonnage: 5,230
Passenger
Capacity: Ship was a freighter; was carrying around 6,100 refugees and
troops
Time
took to sink: 7 min.
Death
Toll: around 5,917/6100 refugees and troops were
lost
The refugee/troopship MV Goya was torpedoed once by Soviet Submarine L-3. The ship
sank in 7 minutes due to survivor accounts. It was carrying refugees and troops,
similar to the Wilhelm Gustloff and the General Von Steuben. This is the second
worst maritime disaster after the MV Wilhelm Gustloff. The ship sank in the
Baltic Sea, and most of the troops and refugees died of hypothermia and
exposure.