The SS Deutschland of 1923, sometimes seen as Deutschland IV to distinguish from others of the name, was a HAPAG ocean liner sunk in a British air attack in 1945, with great loss of life. 1923 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... An ocean liner is a large passenger ship, most typically a motorized vessel that undertakes longer voyages on the open sea primarily for the purpose of transporting people from one place to another. ... 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...

One of a group of four that began with the Albert Ballin, Deutschland was launched on 28 April 1923. She began her maiden voyage on 27 March 1924, to Southampton and then New York City. The ship had tremendous problems with vibrations, becoming known as the "Cocktail Shaker"; she was re-engined in 1929, with service speed reduced to 19 knots. SS Albert Ballin was an ocean liner of the Hamburg-America Line launched in 1923 and named after Albert Ballin, visionary director of the line who had killed himself in despair several years earlier. ... April 28 is the 118th day of the year (119th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 247 days remaining. ... Maiden Voyage Maiden Voyage is a 1965 (see 1965 in music) album by jazz musician Herbie Hancock. ... March 27 is the 86th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (87th in Leap years). ... 1924 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Southampton is a city and major port situated on the south coast of England. ... City nickname: The Big Apple Location in the state of New York Counties (Boroughs) Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg Area  - Land  - Water 1,214. ... 1929 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

In 1940, she became an accommodation ship for the German navy at Gotenhafen. In 1945, on 7 passages, she carried 70,000 refugees from Eastern Germany west. 1940 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Kriegsmarine or War Navy was the name of the German Navy between 1935 and 1945, during the Nazi reign. ... Gdynia (pronounce: [:gdiɲia], Kashubian Gdiniô; German Gdingen) is a city in the Pomeranian Voivodship of Poland and an important seaport at Gdansk Bay on the south coast of the Baltic Sea. ... Eastern Germany refers to: East Germany (communist state) Historical Eastern Germany Eastern provinces of Imperial Germany: East Prussia West Prussia Provinz Posen Silesia (Prussian province) Lower Silesia (Prussian province) Upper Silesia (Prussian province) Pomerania (Prussian province) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might...

In April 1945 she was converted to a hospital ship and an attempt made to paint the vessel white, but there was only sufficient paint available to paint her funnels white and paint a Red Cross on one side of one of her funnels. On May 3 1945, she was sunk in the Bay of Lubeck off Neustadt by the same British air attack that sank SS Cap Arcona and Thielbek. A hospital ship is a floating hospital installed aboard a large ocean-going ship. ... The terms Red Cross and Red Crescent are often used as short names for the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, or its two leading international organs, the ICRC and the IFRCS. This page is about the symbol itself, see respective articles for information about the organizations and movements. ... May 3 is the 123rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (124th in leap years). ... Bay of Lubeck (German: Lübecker Bucht; Polish: Zatoka Lubecka) is a basin in the south-western Baltic Sea, off the shores of German lands of Mecklenburg-West Pomerania and Schleswig-Holstein. ... The SS Cap Arcona was a 27,500-gross ton German luxury ocean liner of the Hamburg-South America line[1]. The ship was named after Cape Arkona on the island of Rügen in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. ... The Thielbek was a 2,815 register ton freighter sunk with the Cap Arcona and the Deutschland on May 3, 1945 in the Bay of Lubeck with the loss of 2,750 lives. ...

In 1948, her wreck was raised and scrapped. 1948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...

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Roy Nesbit - Cap Arcona: atrocity or accident? - Aeroplane Monthly, June 1984