Editing MV Wilhelm Gustloff (section)

===Rescue of ''Pegaway''===
For her third voyage, ''Wilhelm Gustloff'' left [[Hamburg]] on 1 April 1938 under the command of Carl Lübbe to join the KdF ships ''Der Deutsche'', ''Oceania'' and ''Sierra Cordoba'' on a group cruise of the North Sea.<ref name= Petruskevich/> A storm developed on 3 April with winds up to {{convert|100|kph|mph}} that forced the four ships apart. Meanwhile, the 1,836 gross ton British coal freighter ''Pegaway'', which had departed [[Port of Tyne|Tyne]] on 2 April for [[Hamburg]], was also caught up in the storm. Cargo and machinery were washed from ''Pegaway''{{'}}s decks and the ship soon lost maneuverability. By 4 April, it was taking on water and slowly sinking.

At 4 am, Captain G. W. Ward of ''Pegaway'' issued an [[SOS]] when the ship was {{convert|20|nmi|km}} northwest of the island of [[Terschelling]], off the coast of the Netherlands.<ref name= Petruskevich/> The closest of the ships that answered the distress call was ''Wilhelm Gustloff'', which reached ''Pegaway'' at 6 am. She launched her Lifeboat No. 1, with a crew of twelve under the command of Second Officer Meyer. The oar-powered lifeboat was unable to come aside ''Pegaway'' in the heavy seas and looked in danger of needing to be rescued itself. Lifeboat No. 6, with a crew of ten under the command of Third Officer Schürmann, was then lowered. As it was motor-powered, it was better able to handle the waves.
[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-L12207, Lazarettschiff "Wilhelm Gustloff".jpg|left|thumb|''Wilhelm Gustloff'', 1940]]
After first assisting their shipmates in Lifeboat No. 1 to head back towards ''Wilhelm Gustloff'', Schürmann was able to reach ''Pegaway''. One by one, the 19 men on ''Pegaway'' jumped into the sea and were hauled onto Lifeboat No. 6, with both them and the crew of the lifeboat back at ''Wilhelm Gustloff'' by 7:45 am.<ref name= Petruskevich/> A Dutch [[tugboat]] soon arrived but was unable to save ''Pegaway'', which soon rolled to port and sank. Lifeboat No. 1 had been so badly damaged by the waves that after its crew had climbed up via ladders to the safety of their ship that it was set adrift, to later be washed up on the shores of Terschelling on 2 May.
[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-L12212, Lazarettschiff "Wilhelm Gustloff".jpg|left|thumb|233x233px|''Wilhelm Gustloff'', 1940]]