Cap Arcona

The Cap Arcona was a large German luxury ocean liner, formerly of the Hamburg-South America line. It was sunk in 1945, with the loss of many lives while laden with prisoners from concentration camps.
On May 3, 1945, four days after Hitler's suicide but four days before the unconditional surrender of Germany, the Cap Arcona, the Thielbek, and the passenger liner SS Deutschland of the , possibly converted to a hospital ship but not marked as such, were attacked by RAF Typhoons of 83 Group2nd Tactical Air Force as part of general attacks on shipping in the Baltic.