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	Alexander Marinesko at AllExperts
		Alexander Ivanovich Marinesko (Russian: ÐÐ»ÐµÐºÑÐ°Ð½Ð´Ñ ÐÐ²Ð°Ð½Ð¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ ÐÐ°ÑÐ¸Ð½ÐµÑÐºÐ¾), Aleksandr Marinesko, Alexander Marinesco (January 15, 1913 - November 25, 1963) was the captain of the Soviet submarine S-13 during WWII that sank the German ship Wilhelm Gustloff, with casualties estimated between 6,000 and 9,000.
		Marinesko was not awarded for this event with the Hero of the Soviet Union, the commanders wouldn't believe the reports on the scale of the hit, also he was deemed a controversial person, "not suitable to be a hero".
		Marinesko was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union posthumously in 1990.
	en.allexperts.com /e/a/al/alexander_marinesko.htm (350 words)

	Alexander Marinesko - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Born in Odessa, Marinesko was the son of a Romanian sailor and a Ukrainian woman.
		Defenders of Marinesko throw in that the ship was armed, was not marked adequately as a hospital ship and was carrying more than 1,000 military forces, including submarine trainees, female naval auxiliary aides, anti-aircraft forces, Croat volunteers: ergo strictly within in the law it passes as a legal military target.
		However, Marinesko was not awarded for this the Hero of the Soviet Union title: his commanders refused to trust reports regarding the scale of the hit; in addition, he was deemed a controversial person, "not suitable to be a hero".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alexander_Marinesko (366 words)

	Whims of Fate [The Voice of Russia]
		Alexander Marinesko died of an incurable disease at the still early age of 50.
		Marinesko’s whole career was hanging in the balance He acutely felt he could lose his job any moment now, despite his exemplary service and numerous decorations.
		A strong man and an excellent sailor, Alexander Marinesko fell victim to the rumor mill and in October 1945 he received a dishonorable discharge from the Navy and a demotion.
	www.vor.ru /English/whims/whims_011.html (780 words)

	The Russian Dilettante's Weblog
		Marinesko was a pain in his superiors’ backs: too independent, proud, and not exactly a teetotaler.
		Marinesko, who probably loathed to come back empty-handed, broke the orders, left the area and embarked on a wild hunt.
		Marinesko knew that the Germans were evacuating their troops from East and West Prussia by sea.
	therussiandilettante.blogspot.com /2003/10/germans-as-victims-title-of-this-entry.html (1017 words)

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		Submarine Captain Alexander Marinesko was convinced he had found a cruiser of the Emden class when he ordered torpedoes launched.
		Marinesko was not a hero of the Motherland, but denigrated by his comrades.
		When he returned to the Soviet Union, Commander Marinesko was not given the Gold Star ‘Hero of the Soviet Union’ as expected, but was given the Order of the Red Flag, a standard issue medal awarded to no less than 250,000 other Soviet veterans.
	www.divenewzealand.com /articles.asp?sid=231 (1935 words)

	S13 - What if... Marinesko and the NKVD (KGB) Jan 1945
		The story of Submarine S13 and of her captain, Capt (Third Class) Alexander Marinesko is one which rivals in interest with that of the actual sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff and General Steuben.
		When I first read about Captain Marinesko's problems with the NKVD (KGB) in early January 1945 as described in "The cruelest night", I had some difficulty to understand why, if the information obtained by the NKVD was accurate, Captain Marinesko had been freed to carry on with his patrols.
		While it certainly cannot be stated without a doubt that Marinesko had had any dealing of any sort with officers of the T-Office, the mere presumption arrived at by the NKVD that he had had such dealing or even that he might have entertained thoughts of such dealings was to be his doom.
	www.compunews.com /s13/intro.htm (2616 words)

	Alexander 6
		Alexander Marinesko - Alexander Ivanovich Marinesko (Russian: ÐÐ»ÐµÐºÑÐ°Ð½Ð´Ñ ÐÐ²Ð°Ð½Ð¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ ÐÐ°ÑÐ¸Ð½ÐµÑÐºÐ¾), Aleksandr Marinesko, Alexander Marinesco (January 15, 1913 - November 25, 1963) the captain of the Soviet submarine S-13 during WWII that sunk the German ship Wilhelm Gustloff, with casualties estimated between 6,000 and 9,000.
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	edu.tmadata.com /Alexander-6.html (717 words)

	M.S. Wilhelm Gustloff - FACTS - Glossary \| Various
		One of the medals Captain Alexander Marinesko received during his tenure as a Soviet submarine commander.
		Alexander Marinesko was denied this award until Mikhail Gorbachev bestowed it upon him posthumously in 1990 - twenty-seven years after his death.
		Awarded twice to Alexander Marinesko, this was the very first Soviet Order (established 1924).
	www.wilhelmgustloff.com /facts_keyplayers_various.htm (1707 words)

	Dolphin Base Submarine Veterans Forums-viewtopic-Wilhelm Gustloff — sunk by Soviet Sub 30 January 1945 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Marinesko maneuvered S-13 into an attack position on the coastal side of the ship’s track as he felt most of the lookouts would be watching the outer seaward side more closely and this would improve the chances for S-13 to get close enough for firing her torpedoes.
		Marinesko and his watch officers are unable to determine if the ship they intend to attack is a warship or a merchant marine ship, lacking shipshape recognition charts.
		Marinesko decided to dive S-13 and to make her dip heavily forward by the bow in order to reach a position where the malfunctioning torpedo could be pushed out of the tube to drop to the sea bottom.
	www.dolphinsubvets.com /modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=334 (5069 words)

	S 13 - Photos Page
		On the side of Marinesko's photograph is a facsimile copy from the Swedish newspaper Stockholm’s Tidningen 1945 showing an article on the Gustloff.
		This copy of the newspaper article had supposedly been forwarded to Moscow by then Soviet Ambassador madam Kolontay in the spring of 1945 and is supposed to have been the only evidence the Soviet Navy had on the sinking at that time.
		It is also supposed to represent Captain Marinesko but, when compared to a photograph I recently obtained of Captain Marinesko, I have serious doubts about that claim.
	www.compunews.com /s13/whois.htm (679 words)

	Odessa, Ukraine Travel - Perecoisky Bridge - Odesa Ukraine visit odessa, visit odesa, visit Ukraine, travel to Ukraine ...
		Marinesko was the captain of the Soviet submarine S-13 during WWII that sank the German ship Wilhelm Gustloff, with casualties estimated between 6,000 and 9,000.
		Near the Marinesko Monument is a stela of remembrance with engraved names of those submariners who died during World War I and World War II.
		In May 2006, a new $5,500 monument to submarine crew who died after World War II was unveiled next to the Marinesko monument.
	www.2odessa.com /wiki/index.php?title=Perecoisky_Bridge (432 words)

	01.02.03 / Die "Wilhelm Gustloff" und die "Steuben" wurden vor 58 Jahren von Alexander Marinesko versenkt
		Marinesko entwickelte sich zu einem Raufbold, um in dieser Umgebung bestehen zu können.
		Marinesko wurde unter Spionageverdacht gestellt und vom NKWD verhört.
		Dennoch ging Marinesko in Angriffsposition und gab den verhängnisvollen Feuerbefehl, der Tausenden Menschen den Tod brachte.
	www.webarchiv-server.de /pin/archiv03/0503ob28.htm (1370 words)

	M.S. Wilhelm Gustloff - FACTS - Glossary \| Vessels
		One of the first vessels (a coaster) that Alexander Marinesko sailed with while training at the Odessa Naval Institute.
		The wreck was towed to the United Kingdom for scrapping on June 6, 1945.
		The Russian submarine commanded by Alexander Marinesko that torpedoed and sunk the Wilhelm Gustloff on January 30, 1945.
	www.wilhelmgustloff.com /facts_keyplayers_vessels.htm (4472 words)

	Ship of ghosts - DIVE Wrecks
		Steuben was sunk by Captain Alexander Marinesko of the Soviet submarine S-13 on 10 February 1945.
		Marinesko had already sunk another transport ship, Wilhelm Gustloff and he was awarded the Combat Order of the Red Banner for his record in sinking the most tonnage in a single cruise (an estimated 40,000 tonnes).
		His glory was to be short-lived: insubordinate conduct on shore offended his superiors and he was discharged after the war.
	www.divemagazine.co.uk /news/article.asp?SP=&v=1&UAN=2067 (1667 words)

	Saravanan's Blog: September 2006
		Over 10,000 German refugees, wounded soldiers and naval personnel were onboard the Wilhelm Gustloff, when it was hit by three torpedos fired from the Soviet sub S-13, commanded by Alexander Marinesko.
		It is an irony that when only a small fraction of the ships passengers were millitary personnel, this small fraction would make sure that the Gustloff cannot qualify for a civilian vessel and a potential military target.
		Captain Marinesko would have assumed that the ship carried retreating troops and to be fair to him, there is no way he could have known that the ship carried mostly innocent refugees and wounded soldiers.
	saravanansadasivan.blogspot.com /2006_09_01_archive.html (763 words)

	Click2Disasters - Wilhelm Gustloff - Chapter 4
		Her captain, Alexander Marinesko, could see the Gustloff was about 20 miles offshore.
		Not knowing which ship he had sighted, he presumed her crew was trying to avoid submerged attack ships - like his - which required deep water.
		Risking counter measures from the German ship, Marinesko’s crew used their night sight and fired four torpedoes.
	www.click2disasters.com /gustloff/wilhelm_gustloff_ch4.htm (393 words)

	Thenausea.com
		Newly published research by Heinz Schon has set the number of people on the Gustloff as follows: 8,956 refugees, 918 officers NCOs and men of the 2.Unterseeboot-Lehrdivision, 373 female naval auxiliary helpers, 173 naval armed forces auxiliaries, and 162 heavily wounded soldiers, for a total of 10,582 people on board on January 30th.
		"Marinesko narrowed his range on the GUSTLOFF to 1,000 meters before ordering all torpedoes set to run at a depth of three meters.
		He waited for the doomed ship to lumber into the crosshairs of his periscope and then gave the order that would be a death sentence for the more than 9,000 hapless victims: "Fire One--for the Motherland".
	www.thenausea.com /elements/russia/russia1.html (1317 words)

	Click2Disasters - Wilhelm Gustloff - Chapter 6 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Within ten days of the sinking, Alexander Marinesko struck again - not far from the wreck of the Gustloff.
		One might think Alexander Marinesko, who did not realize he had sunk the Gustloff and Steuben until he returned to port, was a Soviet hero.
		Because he had torpedoed ships loaded with fleeing civilians, including many women and children, he was vilified in his native land.
	www.awesomestories.com /disasters/gustloff/wilhelm_gustloff_ch6.htm (223 words)

	Warsailors.com :: Ship Forum :: Re: Goya, Wilhelm Gustloff......
		Alexander Ivanovich Marinesko (his father Iona Marinesku was the Romanian) was born 15.01.1913 in Odessa.
		In New Year's night has got acquainted with the Swedish woman and some days did not come on a submarine, for what C-in-C of Baltic fleet has decided to give back Marinesko under court of the military tribunal, but 09.01.45 S-13 has left in the sea under command of Marintsko.
		In 1960 by the order of the deputy minister of a defense USSR Marinesko was restored in a military rank and post (for reception great of pension).
	www.warsailors.com /forum/read.php?1,4302,4335#msg-4335 (325 words)

	Kronshtadt
		The fate of Kronshtadt bears a strong resemblance to that of the defended by it St. Petersburg: grandeur and architectural non-ordinariness, heyday and decay of the imperial ambitions.
		The figures of Admiral Makharov and the submarine navy commander Alexander Marinesko were not slid round, either.
		The best architects worked here; the wide streets and large squares led to the Naval Cathedral, the dome of which was seen from the coasts of the Gulf of Finland in fine weather.
	www.hotels-of-saint-petersburg.com /kronshtadt.html (279 words)

	Axis History Forum :: View topic - why double standards?
		Just before midnight, as the ship ploughed her way through the icy waters of the Baltic Sea, the ship was hit by three torpedoes from the Russian submarine S-13 (a German designed boat) commanded by Alexander Marinesko.
		Within ten days, Captain Alexander Marinesko had sunk two of Germanyand#8217;s largest liners and in the process had killed over 10,000 people.
		The history channel just covered this subject last week and Captain Alexander Marinesko can't be faulted for having sunk a ship on a dark night when you can't tell if its painted pink, blue or white for that matter.
	forum.axishistory.com /viewtopic.php?t=3286 (2033 words)

	Royal Forgery
		Shortly after midnight on february 10th, Captain Alexander Marinesko in Russian Submarine S-13, lined up the second large ship in his periscope in the space of only 10 days.
		Back to the Russian submarine S13, Marinesko had been ordered to return to his base at Turku, where he arrived on the 14th.
		Here, his superior officer Captain Oryel, informed him that he had sunk Wilhelm Gustloff, and that his second victim was not a cruiser of the Emden class, but another ship trying to evacuate refugees, she was General Stuben.
	members.tripod.com /Tenika/tragedy.htm (2431 words)

	General Von Steuben
		General Von Steuben ble truffet av to torpdoer fra S 13 som var under kommando av Alexander Marinesko som også hadde torpedert Wilhelm Gustlof den 30.
		On board there were more than 3300 people, both civilian refugees and wounded soldiers from the Eastern front, and a large number of nurses and doctors.
		General Von Steuben was hit by two torpedoes from S 13 whowas under command of Alexander Marinesko who also had torpedoed Wilhelm Gustlof on 30.
	www.skovheim.org /worldwide/baltic/steuben/steuben.htm (213 words)

	Books (etc) We Like (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Hitler names a luxury cruise ship after Gustloff and the ship is later torpedoed by a Soviet submarine commander, Alexander Marinesko.
		It speaks of one particular event in German history, the sinking of the ship Wilhelm Gustloff on January 30, 1945, hit by three torpedoes from a Soviet submarine.
		It entertwines the fates and lives of Wilhelm Gustloff, a small nazi dignitary in Switzerland, shot dead by David Frankfurter, a Jew, and after whom a Strength Through Joy vacationing ship was named in 1936, a ship that was torpedoed to death by Aleksandr Marinesko from his submarine.
	www.bookswelike.net /isbn/0151007640?bene=inthesetimes (2986 words)

	Gdansk Poland - Disaster at sea - In Your Pocket (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Today the ship lies 42 metres below the ocean surface, marked as a maritime grave.
		Following the war S-13’s captain, Alexander Marinesko, was awarded the honour of Hero of the Soviet Union.
		But in a final twist Marinesko fell out of favour with communist officials and was sentenced to hard labour in the Gulag after being caught selling bricks on the flmarket.
	www.inyourpocket.com /poland/gdansk/en/feature?id=55744 (268 words)

	[No title]
		Soon after midnight on February 10th Captain Alexander Marinesko in Russian Submarine S-13 saw a second large ship in his periscope in the space of only 10 days.
		Marinesko was convinced he was looking at a cruiser of the Emden class.
		In Turku his superior officer Captain Oryel informed Marinesko he had sunk Wilhelm Gustloff, and that his second victim was not a cruiser, but another ship trying to evacuate refugees.
	www.nordicthings.com /page9.html (5056 words)

	Other wrecks of the Baltic Sea
		During the night she was hit off the present Polish coast by 3 torpedoes from Soviet submarine S-13, under Commander Alexander Marinesko.
		Sunk off East Prussia, 10 February 1945, by Soviet sub S 13, under Commander Alexander Marinesko.
		She was hit by 2 torpedoes and sank in just 7 minutes.
	www.abc.se /~m10354/uwa/wreckbal.htm (1547 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Just before midnight, as the ship plowed her way through the icy waters of the Baltic Sea, the ship was hit by three torpedoes from the Russian submarine S-13 (a German designed boat) commanded by Alexander Marinesko.
		The first torpedo hit the bow of the ship, the second, below the empty swimming pool on E-deck where the Women Auxiliaries were accommodated (most were killed) and the third hit amidships.
		Within ten days, Captain Alexander Marinesko had sunk two of Germany’s largest liners and in the process had killed over 10,000 people.
	www.histarmar.com.ar /Hund2GMA/1945a.htm (3201 words)

	60 Years ago, the fall of Berlin - Page 5 - Military Photos
		Shortly after 9pm on January 30, 1945, the steamer Wilhelm Gustloff, under escort by German Torpedoboat T-36, is sunk by Soviet Kommandant Alexander Marinesko and his submarine S-13 who mistakes it as a troop-transport.
		East Prussia is divided between Poland and Russia, thereafter known as Kaliningrad Oblast.
		Well i've seen program about this on discovery channel, and IIRC conclusion was that a "Marinesko was just doing his job", he was just chasing big military target in the dark, no war crime.
	www.militaryphotos.net /forums/showthread.php?t=41409&page=5 (2389 words)

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