the queen mary, serving troopship, arriving in new york in 1945
the sinking of wilhelm gustloff deadliest in maritime history.
the second world war conflict rich in events involving liners. start of conflict, german liners requisitioned , many turned barracks ships. in course of activity bremen caught fire , scrapped in 1941. during conflict, rms queen elizabeth , rms queen mary provided distinguished service troopships.
many liners sunk great loss of life; in world war ii 3 worst disasters loss of cunarder lancastria in 1940 off saint-nazaire german bombing while attempting evacuate troops of british expeditionary force france, loss of more 3,000 lives; sinking of wilhelm gustloff, after ship torpedoed soviet submarine, more 9,000 lives lost, making deadliest maritime disaster in history; , sinking of ss cap arcona more 7,000 lives lost, both in baltic sea, in 1945.
ss rex bombarded , sunk in 1942, while normandie caught fire, capsized , sank in new york in 1942 while being converted troop duty. many of superliners of twenties , thirties victims of u-boats, mines or enemy aircraft. empress of britain attacked german planes, torpedoed u-boat when tugs tried tow safety.
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