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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| SS Cap Arcona canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6725466 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: SS Cap Arcona Context triple: [Operation Hannibal, usedTransport, SS Cap Arcona]
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SS Mont-Blanc
SS Mont-Blanc was a French cargo ship laden with explosives whose detonation in 1917 caused the catastrophic Halifax Explosion, one of the largest non-nuclear blasts in history.
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German light cruiser Breslau
The German light cruiser Breslau was a World War I-era warship that served with the Imperial German Navy and later the Ottoman Navy (as Midilli), participating in key naval operations in the Mediterranean and Black Sea.
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Oesterdam
Oesterdam is a major Dutch dam and storm surge barrier that forms part of the Delta Works coastal defense system in the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta.
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D.
Lusitania
Lusitania was an ancient Roman province on the western Iberian Peninsula, roughly corresponding to much of modern Portugal and part of western Spain.
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E.
RMS Lusitania
RMS Lusitania was a British ocean liner famously sunk by a German U-boat in 1915 during World War I, an event that significantly influenced public opinion against Germany.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: SS Cap Arcona Target entity description: 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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A.
SS Mont-Blanc
SS Mont-Blanc was a French cargo ship laden with explosives whose detonation in 1917 caused the catastrophic Halifax Explosion, one of the largest non-nuclear blasts in history.
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B.
German light cruiser Breslau
The German light cruiser Breslau was a World War I-era warship that served with the Imperial German Navy and later the Ottoman Navy (as Midilli), participating in key naval operations in the Mediterranean and Black Sea.
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C.
Oesterdam
Oesterdam is a major Dutch dam and storm surge barrier that forms part of the Delta Works coastal defense system in the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta.
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D.
Lusitania
Lusitania was an ancient Roman province on the western Iberian Peninsula, roughly corresponding to much of modern Portugal and part of western Spain.
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E.
RMS Lusitania
RMS Lusitania was a British ocean liner famously sunk by a German U-boat in 1915 during World War I, an event that significantly influenced public opinion against Germany.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
German ship
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World War II shipwreck ⓘ ocean liner ⓘ |
| attackedBy |
RAF Typhoon fighter-bombers
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Royal Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| beam | 25.5 m ⓘ |
| builtFor | transatlantic passenger service ⓘ |
| builtIn | Hamburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| carried |
concentration camp prisoners
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prisoners from Neuengamme concentration camp ⓘ |
| causeOfDestruction | air attack ⓘ |
| completionDate | 1927-10-29 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| enteredService | 1927 ⓘ |
| estimatedDeaths |
between 4000 and 7000
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over 4000 ⓘ |
| event | Operation Hannibal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fate | sunk by air attack in 1945 ⓘ |
| flagAtTimeOfSinking | Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | one of the largest maritime losses of life in World War II ⓘ |
| homePort | Hamburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchDate | 1927-05-14 ⓘ |
| length |
206 m
ⓘ
676 ft ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | 20 knots ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Cabo Arcona
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cape Arkona NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | sinking with thousands of concentration camp prisoners aboard ⓘ |
| operator |
Hamburg South America Line
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hamburg Südamerikanische Dampfschifffahrts-Gesellschaft NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| propulsion |
steam turbines
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three propellers ⓘ |
| registrationPort | Hamburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleDuringWorldWarII |
accommodation ship
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concentration camp prisoner transport ⓘ evacuation transport ⓘ naval barracks ship ⓘ |
| serviceRoute | Germany–South America route ⓘ |
| shipType |
luxury liner
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three-funnel liner ⓘ |
| shipyard | Blohm & Voss NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sunkIn | Bay of Lübeck NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sunkNear | Neustadt in Holstein NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sunkOn | 1945-05-03 ⓘ |
| survivors | several hundred ⓘ |
| tonnage | 27561 GRT ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Kriegsmarine
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nazi Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Subject: SS Cap Arcona Description of subject: 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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