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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SS Cap Arcona canonical 1

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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 ⓘ