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92 HAMBURG (1926) HAPAG | Blohm&Voss (Hamburg) | 193.5m The Hamburg , similar to the Deutschland , was a passenger ship of the so-called ‘Albert Ballin class’, likewise sailing the North Atlantic route. She was later employed repeatedly and with great success as a cruise liner. During the Second World War the Hamburg operated as a transport and barracks ship, until an exploding mine caused her to capsize in March of 1945. When the war was over, the wreckage was refloated by the Soviet Union and repaired in various shipyards. The Soviets originally planned to turn her into a passenger ship, but in the end she became the Yuri Dolgorukiy , a mothership for whaling vessels. The former HAPAG steam liner served in this role in the Southern Ocean from 1960 to 1976.