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Among the founders were prominent citizens such as Albert Ballin (Director General), Adolph Godeffroy, Ferdinand Laeisz, Carl Woermann, August Bolten and others, and its main financial backers were Berenberg Bank and H. J. Merck \u0026amp; Co. It soon developed into the largest German, and at times the world's largest, shipping company, serving the market created by the German immigration to the United States and later immigration from Eastern Europe. In 1900, 1901 and 1903 its liner Deutschland won the Blue Riband, taking the prize from the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse. The Hamburg America Line lost almost the entirety of its fleet twice, as a result of both the First and Second World Wars. 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During the summer of 1939, she was pressed into service to bring the Condor Legion back from Spain after the victory of the Nationalist forces under General Francisco Franco in the Spanish Civil War. Beginning on November 20, 1940, the medical equipment was removed from the ship and she was repainted from the hospital ship colours of white with a green stripe to standard naval gray. As a consequence of the British blockade of the German coastline, she was used as an accommodations ship (barracks) for approximately 1,000 U-boat trainees of the 2nd Submarine Training Division (2. Unterseeboot-Lehrdivision) in the port of Gdynia, which had been occupied by Germany and renamed \"Gotenhafen\", located near Danzig. In 1942, the SS Cap Arcona was used as a stand-in for the RMS Titanic in the German film version of the disaster. Filmed in Gotenhafen, the 2nd Submarine Training Division acted as extras in the movie. Wilhelm Gustloff sat dockside for over four years, until she was put back in service to transport civilians and military personnel as part of Operation Hannibal. She was sunk on January 30, 1945 by Soviet submarine S-13 in the Baltic Sea while evacuating German civilians, Nazi officials and military personnel from Gdynia (Gotenhafen) as the Red Army advanced. By one estimate, 9,400 people died, which makes it the largest loss of life in a single ship sinking in history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"eMedals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46117153210645,"sku":"G20133","price":260.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0713\/9105\/2053\/files\/k_482.jpg?v=1692856757"},{"product_id":"a-north-german-lloyd-aka-bremen-line-d-sierra-cordoba-tally-ribbon-g20135","title":"A North German Lloyd (Aka Bremen Line) \"D. 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A description after the ship had been seized and restored in 1919 noted she was among the fastest and best equipped ships of the line with accommodations for 115 first class passengers and 1,572 third and steerage class passengers as well as a crew of 179 officers and men. During the First World War, Sierra Cordoba supplied German raiders, particularly SMS Dresden while hiding in the Straits of Magellan. After that ship and Sierra Cordoba moved northward in the Pacific, where the cruiser met British forces, the German liner interned herself in Callao, Peru, named Callao and later transferred to the United States Shipping Board, refurbished by Panama Canal personnel and briefly placed in commission with the United States Navy as USSCallao (ID-4036) to bring service people home from Europe. 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Among the founders were prominent citizens such as Albert Ballin (Director General), Adolph Godeffroy, Ferdinand Laeisz, Carl Woermann, August Bolten and others, and its main financial backers were Berenberg Bank and H. J. Merck \u0026amp; Co. It soon developed into the largest German, and at times the world's largest, shipping company, serving the market created by the German immigration to the United States and later immigration from Eastern Europe. On September 2, 1939, with the advent of the forthcoming war, the Kreigsmarine took possession of the Tannenberg and converted it into a mine layer, for service in the Baltic Sea. In August 1940, it had become the flagship of the mine ships. In the following six months, it served as a training ship for cadets, until it was sent into the North Sea in preparation for Operation Seelöwe. After cancellation of this operation, the Tannenberg worked on the so called \"Westwall\" mine barriers in the North Sea, laying minefields with \"SW2\", \"SW3\" and \"Pomerania\". 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At the onset of the war she was transferred to thee German Bight to lay minefields in German waters. It made one successful minelaying sortie off the English coast, destroying one British warship and seven merchant ships. The ship also served during the early stages of the Norwegian Campaigns, where it battled the British destroyer Glowworm. Neither ship was damaged during the action. 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It made several successful minelaying sortie off the English coast, destroying one British warship and eighteen merchant ships. Ihn was under repair during the Norwegian campaign of early 1940, and was then transferred to France later that year. She returned to service in 1941 where she escorted warships, commerce raiders, and supply ships through the Bay of Biscay. Ihn was then transferred to Norway, but was mostly inactive due to fuel shortages. 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She saw action on the coast of Spain, in the waters in Norway, France and Italy, where her main duties consisted of laying mines and hunting down and destroying blockade runners. She was heavily damaged by British mines and air-attacks on the coast of France in 1944. On its journey back to Germany, she was attacked again by British aircraft near the northern coast of France. 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