Goslar (ship)

Goslar is a German turbine steamboat, and was in service as a freighter. She was built in 1929 in Hamburg. On 5 September 1939, she surrendered in Suriname. On 10 May 1940, Germany invaded the Netherlands, and the ship was scuttled by her crew. Attempts to remove the wreck in 1955 failed, and has resulted in the ship breaking in two parts.
History.
The ship was built by Blohm & Voss in Hamburg in 1929 for the Norddeutscher Lloyd.
On 24 Augustus 1939, the ship had left Galveston in the United States. On 3 September, Great Britain declared war on Nazi Germany. Captain Berkhoff did not want to continue his journey to Europe, and wanted to surrendered his ship to a neutral country. On 5 September, "Goslar" entered the Suriname River under American flag. Berkhoff and his crew asked for asylum. A large part of the crew were Chinese citizens who were returned to their home country, leaving only the German crew of 15 people.
On 10 May 1940, Germany invaded the Netherlands, and the police were ordered to intern all Germans in the colony. The crew of "Goslar" did not want the ship to be confiscated, therefore, they moved the coal to one side, and blew a hole in the ship's bottom, causing "Goslar" to sink. The crew was arrested, and interned at Fort Zeelandia in Paramaribo. By 11 May, the ship was on her side, however she caused no obstruction to the river traffic. On 15 May, Nicolaas van Beek, the police commissioner in charge, was suspended. In 1944, the freighter "Juno" carrying bauxite collided with "Goslar".
Salvage attempts.
Attempts to remove the wreck in 1955 failed, and resulted in the ship breaking in two parts. In 1965, Salzgitter AG tried to salvage the ship, but to no avail. In 2016, Sediba NV offered to salvage the ship for free in order to make a two hour documentary, however those plans have not come to fruition either.
Escape attempt.
In Augustus 1941, Boyksen and Scharfenberg, two crew members, and Schubert who was also interned at Fort Zeelandia, attempted escape. They planned to go to French Guiana which was allied with Germany at the time. They had stolen a canoe, and on 7 September 1941, managed to reach the Marowijne River which forms the border with French Guiana, however they were spotted by Soea who gathered an armed group, and captured the three Germans.