Published Jun 24th, 2023, 6/24/23 5:27 pm
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NAZI-SYMBOLS ARE FOR HISTORICAL ACCURACY ONLY!
SPECIAL THANKS TO:
Jayden_125 - Emotional Support
CronosDarth - Beautiful Renders
Drash - Cutaway Render
Casu - Hull adjustments
Rilhon - Help making all the Cabins, Cargo, Interior
Slade_Blade - Emotional Support
Duck & MK - "special" room under the stairs (yes, I kept it for y'all)
History | |
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Germany | |
Name | Wilhelm Gustloff |
Namesake | Wilhelm Gustloff |
Owner | German Labour Front (Deutsche Arbeitsfront) |
Operator | Hamburg Süd |
Port of registry | Hamburg, Germany |
Builder | Blohm & Voss |
Cost | 25 million ℛ︁ℳ︁ |
Yard number | 511 |
Laid down | 1 August 1936 |
Launched | 5 May 1937 |
Completed | 15 March 1938 |
Maiden voyage | 24 March 1938 |
In service | 1938–1939 |
Out of service | 1 September 1939 |
Identification | Radio ID (DJVZ) |
Fate | Requisitioned into the Kriegsmarine on 1 September 1939 |
Germany | |
Name | Lazarettschiff D (Hospital Ship D) |
Operator | Kriegsmarine (German navy) |
Acquired | 1 September 1939 |
In service | 1939–1940 |
Out of service | 20 November 1940 |
Notes | Converted to floating barracks beginning 20 November 1940, including repainting from hospital ship colours to standard navy grey |
Germany | |
Name | Wilhelm Gustloff |
Operator | Kriegsmarine |
Acquired | 20 November 1940 |
In service | 1940–1945 |
Out of service | 30 January 1945 |
Fate | Torpedoed and sunk on 30 January 1945 by Soviet submarine S-13 |
Notes | Used as floating barracks for the Second Submarine Training Division until the vessel returned to active service ferrying civilians and military personnel as part of Operation Hannibal |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | Cruise ship |
Tonnage | 25,484 GRT |
Length | 208.5 m (684 ft 1 in) |
Beam | 23.59 m (77 ft 5 in) |
Height | 56 m (183 ft 9 in) |
Draught | 6.5 m (21 ft 4 in) |
Decks | 5 |
Installed power | 9,500 hp (7,100 kW) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 15.5 kn (28.7 km/h; 17.8 mph) |
Range | 12,000 nmi (22,000 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Capacity | 1,465 passengers (as designed) in 489 cabins |
Crew |
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Armament |
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Credit | Jayden_125, CronosDarth, Drash, Casu, Rilhon, Duck, MK |
Progress | 100% complete |
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May I ask what the scale of your model is compared with the real life ship? According to Wikipedia the real life version was 23.59 metres wide. 1 block equals 1 cubic metre so I'd say your model is definitely built to a larger scale than the original ship looking at those deck plans.