No.452 Cap Arcona launched in 1927

27,560grt for Hamburg-South America Line from Blohm & Voss, Hamburg

Bombed Neustadt in the Bay of Lübeck 1945. Wreck finally broken up in 1949

Tragically, this was one of the largest single-incident maritime losses of life in World War 2

Image attribution: Steve Walker & Daryl LeBlanc Color

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