SS Cap Arcona

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SS Cap Arcona was a German luxury ocean liner later used by the Nazis as a transport ship during World War II, most infamously when it was sunk in 1945 with thousands of concentration camp prisoners aboard.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf German ship
World War II shipwreck
ocean liner
attackedBy RAF Typhoon fighter-bombers
linked to: Hawker Typhoon

Royal Air Force
beam 25.5 m
builtFor transatlantic passenger service
builtIn Hamburg
carried concentration camp prisoners
prisoners from Neuengamme concentration camp
causeOfDestruction air attack
completionDate 1927-10-29
countryOfOrigin Germany
enteredService 1927
estimatedDeaths between 4000 and 7000
over 4000
event Operation Hannibal
fate sunk by air attack in 1945
flagAtTimeOfSinking Germany
historicalSignificance one of the largest maritime losses of life in World War II
homePort Hamburg
launchDate 1927-05-14
length 206 m
676 ft
maximumSpeed 20 knots
namedAfter Cabo Arcona
Cape Arkona
linked to: Darß
notableFor sinking with thousands of concentration camp prisoners aboard
operator Hamburg South America Line
Hamburg Südamerikanische Dampfschifffahrts-Gesellschaft
propulsion steam turbines
three propellers
registrationPort Hamburg
roleDuringWorldWarII accommodation ship
concentration camp prisoner transport
evacuation transport
naval barracks ship
serviceRoute Germany–South America route
shipType luxury liner
three-funnel liner
shipyard Blohm & Voss
sunkIn Bay of Lübeck
sunkNear Neustadt in Holstein
sunkOn 1945-05-03
survivors several hundred
tonnage 27561 GRT
usedBy Kriegsmarine
Nazi Germany

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Operation Hannibal usedTransport SS Cap Arcona