S.S Stockholm

The S.S Stockholm Was A Ship Built In 1928, The Ship Was Built By A popular Tourism Line Called Baltic Line, The Ship Was 40 Feet Long And Was A Cargo Ship Until WW2, The Vessel Could Carry Around 7 Crew, But Had An Open Deck Witch Could Fit A lot Of People, The Ship Could Also Hold Around 5 Tons Of Cargo, The Ship Was A Straight Ship, With A Curve At The Bow And  Stern, The Ships Helm Was Only 4 Feet By 4 Feet, And Was very Small,The Ship Had A Fence Surrounded It Its Most Notable Feature, However, Was Its Roof, Witch Sheltered The Crew From Rain And Snow

In 1941 The Baltic Line Started Introducing New Ships that weren't Passenger or Cargo Ships, Instead, War Ships And Hospital Ships, The SS Stockholm Was Refitted To Become One, And Was Painted Gray And Heavier, The Ship First Used As A War Supplies Ship, But After The Mass Killing Of Jews In Denmark, Was Turned Into A Passenger Ship To Get People Out Of Denmark And The Netherlands, In 1942 Alone It Had Made 45 Trips Between The Countries

On December 22 1943 The Ship Departed From Copenhagen At 11 PM With An Astonishing 134 People Onboard, The Ship proceeded To Head For The Netherlands, The Ship, Was Extremely Overloaded Making It Very Slow, The Ship Plowed Forward At Less That 5 Times Its Normal Speed, At 12 AM The Passengers On The Deck Were Lucky to Even find a place to sit down, Most passengers stayed up playing games with other holocaust survivors.

Suddenly In Skagerrak Between Norway And Denmark, The Ship Suddenly Shifted, And Cargo And People Started Sliding Over, People Grabbed Onto Others For Balance,The Ship Leaned At A 30 Degree Angle To Port, People Clumped Up Against Other People, Suffocating Them, Piles Of People Slipped Into The Water, Becoming trapped under the capsizing ship, The Ship Leaned Completely On Its Side in under 2 minutes, And all the lights went out, barely any lifejackets were handed out, And Many Quickly Drowned In The Freezing Water, The Ship Quickly Disappeared Beneath The Waves, As People Fought Each Other For Life Jackets, Ultimately Drowning Other People, But In those Terrifying 2 Minutes a Call Was Sent Out And Picked Up By A British Battleship, The Ship Arrived To Only Find 9 People Alive In The Freezing Water, Sadly One Died aboard The Battle Ship, Meaning Only 8 Survived, And 126 People Died In The Tradegy