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The Cap Arcona
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Rio de Janeiro
Crow's nest view
Meeting Dornier Do-X flying boat, in Vigo, Spain
Meeting at sea with the `Graf Zeppelin'
Near the Brazilian coast
Swimming Pool
Meeting four-master `Peking', on South Atlantic. See Arcona's wake - she does a circuit around the Peking
1934, in her new, elegant look - hull painted in white and black
Poster ca 1935
Meeting the `Wilhelm Gustloff' at the dock.
1940, on her way to Gotenhafen, where she became a barrack ship
1941/42, painted in gray
This photo is often said to be shot on Dies Irae. As Arnold Kludas, historian of the `Hamburg-Süd' Line writes, this is not true. The photo was taken after the war, when the wreck was scrapped.
The photograps listed on this page were taken from a wonderful book on the subject by Arnold Kludas.
"Die Cap-Schnelldampfer der Hamburg-Süd", by Arnold Kludas, publisher: Koehlers Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Hamburg, Germany, 1996
ISBN 3 - 7822 - 0655 - X See Biblio No 131 for details.
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