Cap Arcona
1927
(Mercator M-525)
- Type: Passenger / general cargo
- Displacement: 27,560 tons
- Dimensions: 676 x 87 x 28.5 ft.
- Machinery: Geared steam turbines, twin screw, 28,000 SHP = 20 knots
- Passengers: 1315 (575 first class, 275 second class, 465 third class)
- Crew: 630
- Builder: Blohm & Voss Shipbuilders, Hamburg, Germany, 1927
- Service: Built for Hamburg-South American Line. Hamburg-east coast of South America service. Maiden voyage 19 Nov 1927 Hamburg-La Plata. Became a German naval accommodation ship, 1940 at Gotenhafen (Gdynia). In 1945 she transported 36,000 people to the west in three voyages during the evacuation of German eastern territories. In Apr she embarked 5,000 prisoners from the Neuengamme concentration camp, along with 1,000 crew and guards. Attacked by British fighter-bombers, 3 May and caught fire. Capsized only a few hundred yards from shore, but over 5,000 perished. Wreckage broken up after the war.
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