Goslar (ship)
Wreck of a World War 2 German cargo steamship in Paramaribo, Surinam / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Goslar is a partly-submerged shipwreck in the Suriname River in Paramaribo, Suriname. It is the remains of a Norddeutscher Lloyd (NDL) steam turbine cargo ship that was built in 1929. When the Second World War began in 1939, she sought refuge in Surinam, which was then a Dutch colony. When Germany invaded the Netherlands in 1940, her crew scuttled her.
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Goslar's wreck in the Suriname River | |
History | |
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Germany | |
Name | Goslar |
Namesake | Goslar |
Owner | Norddeutscher Lloyd |
Port of registry | Bremen |
Route | Bremen – Australia – New Zealand |
Builder | Blohm+Voss, Hamburg |
Yard number | 485 |
Launched | 3 October 1929 |
Completed | 30 November 1929 |
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Fate | scuttled 10 May 1940 |
General characteristics | |
Type | cargo ship |
Tonnage | 6,049 GRT, 3,613 NRT, 9,690 DWT |
Length | 449.6 ft (137.0 m) |
Beam | 57.6 ft (17.6 m) |
Depth | 26.8 ft (8.2 m) |
Decks | 2 |
Installed power | 3,800 shp |
Propulsion | |
Speed | 13 knots (24 km/h) |
Crew | 64 |
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Notes | sister ships: Frankfurt, Chemnitz, Erlangen |
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There have been attempts to salvage the wreck. In 1955 the wreck broke in two. Both parts of the wreck remain visible above water.