Editing MV Wilhelm Gustloff (section)

==Wreckage==
[[File:Wilhelm Gustloff Bullauge.jpg|thumb|right|upright|A [[porthole]] from ''Wilhelm Gustloff'', salvaged in 1988, at the museum ship {{ill|Albatros (1912)|de|Albatros (Schiff, 1912)|lt=Albatros|italic=y}} in [[Damp, Germany]] in 2000.]]
[[File:Wilhelm Gustloff Modell sx3 cropped.jpg|thumb|left|A model of ''Wilhelm Gustloff'' at the Laboe Naval Memorial]]

Noted as "Obstacle No. 73" on Polish navigation charts,<ref>Irwin J. Kappes [[#References|References]]</ref> and classified as a [[war grave]], ''Wilhelm Gustloff'' rests at {{Coord|55.0729|N|17.4213|E|region:PL_type:landmark|format=dms}}, about {{convert|19|nmi|abbr=on|lk=in}} offshore, east of Łeba and west of Władysławowo (the former Leba and Großendorf, respectively). It is one of the largest shipwrecks on the Baltic Sea floor and has attracted much interest from treasure hunters searching for the lost [[Amber Room]]. In order to protect the property on board the war grave, as well as the wreck itself and the surrounding environment, the Polish Maritime Office in Gdynia has forbidden diving within a {{convert|500|m|ft|abbr=on}} radius of the wreck.<ref>{{cite web |title=ZARZĄDZENIE PORZĄDKOWE NR 9 DYREKTORA URZĘDU MORSKIEGO W GDYNI z dnia 23 maja 2006 r. w sprawie zakazu nurkowania na wrakach statków-mogiłach wojennych |url=https://www.umgdy.gov.pl/?p=903 |website=MARITIME OFFICE IN GDYNIA |access-date=30 January 2020 |archive-date=30 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200130105105/https://www.umgdy.gov.pl/%3Fp%3D903/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 2006, a bell recovered from the wreck and subsequently used as a decoration in a Polish seafood restaurant was lent to the privately funded "Forced Paths" exhibition in [[Berlin]].<ref>Mark Landler [https://web.archive.org/web/20151124072931/http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/30/world/europe/30iht-poland.2644508.html Poles riled by Berlin exhibition] originally published in [[The New York Times]], 30 August 2006</ref>