to as "Wreck No. 88" on Polish Navy maps. On 26 August 2002, the wreck was discovered by Polish technical divers Grzegorz Dominik, Michał Porada, and Marek Jagodziński, who also salvaged the ship's compass. Exactly 58 years after the sinking of Goya, the wreck was located on 16 April 2003 by an international expedition under the direction of Ulrich Restemeyer, aided by 3D-Sonar scanning. The position records of Goya accompanying ships were found to be incorrect, probably made during a hasty escape. During the rediscovery, another, smaller, ship was seen on the surface above the wreck and initially thought to carry fishermen. But when Restemeyer's ship, the Fritz Reuter, approached, the other vessel, seemingly carrying divers, left. The wreck lies at a depth of 76 meters (249 feet) below the surface of the Baltic Sea and is in remarkably good condition, though covered with nets. Survivors have lain wreaths at the surface to show their condolences for the 6,000 people who lost their lives here. Shortly after the discovery, the wreck was officially declared a war grave by the Polish Maritime Office in Gdynia. In 2006, the decision was published in an official government gazette of the Pomeranian Voivodeship, making it illegal to dive within 500 metres of the wreck. See also Cap Arcona Wilhelm Gustloff Steuben List by death toll of ships sunk by submarines Armenia Iosif Stalin References Sources Further reading Fritz Brustat-Naval: Unternehmen Rettung, Koehlers Verlagsgesellschaft, Hamburg, 2001, . Ernst Fredmann: Sie kamen übers Meer - Die größte Rettungsaktion der Geschichte, Pfälzische Verlagsges, . Heinz Schön: Ostsee '45, Motorbuch Verlag Stuttgart, 1995, . Williams, David, Wartime Disasters at Sea. Near Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Limited, 1997. External links The expedition searching for the wreck of the Goya 12 – 22 April 2003 with the MS Fritz Reuter and an MDR-Team (in German) Photograph of SS Goya Troop ships World War II merchant ships of Germany World War II merchant ships of Norway World War II passenger ships of Germany World War II shipwrecks in the Baltic Sea Ships sunk by Soviet submarines Maritime incidents in April 1945 Germany–Soviet Union relations 1940 ships Ships built in Oslo Shipwrecks of Poland