German military transport ship; sank 1945, killing thousands
This article is about the German transport ship. For the Norwegian refugee ship, see SS Goya.
Goya in the Akers shipyard in Oslo, Norway, shortly before her completion
History
Norway
Name
Goya
Owner
Johan Ludwig Mowinckel Rederi
Builder
Akers Mekaniske Verksted, Oslo
Laid down
1939
Launched
4 April 1940
Completed
1940
Fate
Seized by Germany during invasion of Norway
History
Nazi Germany
Name
Goya
Operator
Kriegsmarine
Acquired
1940
Fate
Sunk, 16 April 1945
General characteristics
Tonnage
5,230 Gross Register Tons
Length
146 m (479 ft)
Beam
17.4 m (57 ft)
Installed power
Burmeister & Wain 7,600 horsepower (5,700 kW)
Speed
18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Goya was a Norwegian motor freighter used as a troop transport by Nazi Germany and sunk with a massive loss of life near the end of World War II.
Completed in 1940 for the Johan Ludwig Mowinckel Rederi company, the ship was named after Spanish artist Francisco Goya. Following Germany's invasion of Norway that year, she was seized by the Kriegsmarine and pressed into service as a troop transport.
Near the end of the war, Goya took part in Operation Hannibal, the evacuation of German military and civilian personnel from remaining pockets held by the Germans along the Baltic Sea. Loaded with thousands of refugees, the ship was sunk on 16 April 1945 by the Soviet submarine L-3. Most of the crew and passengers died in the sinking.
The sinking of Goya was one of the biggest single-incident maritime losses of life of the war, and one of the largest such losses in history, with just 183 survivors out of roughly 6,700 passengers and crew.[1]
Goya was a Norwegian motor freighter used as a troop transport by Nazi Germany and sunk with a massive loss of life near the end of World War II. Completed...
miniseries. Triumph und Tragödie der Wilhelm Gustloff, 2012. Germany portal MVGoya, another ship taking part in Operation Hannibal, was also sunk by a Soviet...
successes of the cruises led to six large ships, including the MV Wilhelm Gustloff and the MVGoya, being built specifically for use by KdF while a further...
take Harlingen and occupy Leeuwarden and Groningen in the Netherlands. MVGoya is sunk by Soviet submarine L-3 in the Baltic Sea while evacuating German...
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as El Greco, Francisco de Zurbarán, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Francisco Goya and Anthony van Dyck. The museum also holds one of the best collections of...
worst in world history, after the sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff and the Goya, German naval ships transporting military personnel and civilian refugees...
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de' secoli andati, e dell'arte militare, e posso con verità assicurare la MV non-averlo per il più sentito parlar d'altro in occasione del pranzo, che...
appearance as a performer of Sandaime J Soul Brothers during the Fantasy Goya-sai: Exile Tamashī (FANTASY後夜祭～EXILE魂～; FANTASY Late Night Festival ~EXILE...
(Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) is a migratory bird that spends its winters in Goya, Argentina, but makes the 6,000-mile (10,000 km) trek north to the warmer...
2013. Garreau J (31 October 2007). "The Invincible Man". Washington Post. Goya RG, Bolognani F, Hereñú CB, Rimoldi OJ (8 January 2001). "Neuroendocrinology...
September 27, he made his first public appearance as a singer during the Fantasy Goya-sai: Exile Tamashī (FANTASY後夜祭～EXILE魂～; FANTASY Late Night Festival ~EXILE...
known as Colditz). 1945 – More than 7,000 die when the German transport ship Goya is sunk by a Soviet submarine. 1947 – An explosion on board a freighter in...
of his native Glasgow Boys, to encompass the influence of Paul Gauguin, Goya, Velázquez and Titian. He identified with them in his strongly held belief...
bought a mint collection of Goya's most celebrated prints – and set about systematically defacing them". The Francisco Goya prints referred to his Disasters...
Rome". Archived from the original on 22 October 2006. "Portrait of Pius VI". Mv.vatican.va. Retrieved 20 July 2012. Hendrik Frans van Lint, called le Studio...
Nominee German Film Award Bella Martha a.k.a. Mostly Martha (2003) - Nominee Goya, Spain - Best european Picture Die Gelegenheit (2004) - Festival D´Angers...
Global Information
Norway
Nazi Germany