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Operation Hannibal
Operation Hannibal (Unternehmen Hannibal) was the German navy's 1945 evacuation of East Prussia by sea, called the largest naval evacuation in history, costing over 20,000 lives.
RMS Lancastria
RMS Lancastria was a British Cunard ocean liner sunk by German bombers off Saint-Nazaire, France, on 17 June 1940, with the largest loss of life in British maritime history.
SS Atlantic Conveyor
SS Atlantic Conveyor was a British Cunard container ship requisitioned for the 1982 Falklands War; Argentine Exocet missiles sank her with the loss of 12 men.
SS Thistlegorm
SS Thistlegorm was a British cargo steamship sunk by German bombers in the Red Sea on 6 October 1941; her wreck is a famous Red Sea dive site.