I am saddened to read about the fate of the "Gothic" and the people who lost thier lives. I am surprised not to have heard about this before now as I have posted anecdotes regarding this fine vessel before on this site.
As an A/S aboard her 1958/9 I only have happy memories. She was a beauty. A "happy " ship, a good feeder. We used to play what we called deck croquet next to number 3 hatch. A number of circles roughly 5" in diameter were painted on the deck and equiped with a long handled mallet the idea was to knock a wooden puck into the rings. As the ship was a steady sailer with a minimum amount of pitch and roll it was amazing to see how adept we all became.