SS Prinz Eitel Friedrich (1904)
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For other ships with the same name, see SS Otsego.
SS Prinz Eitel Friedrich was a German passenger liner which saw service in the First World War as an auxiliary cruiser of the Imperial German Navy. Though largely overlooked, Prinz Eitel Friedrich was, after SS Kronprinz Wilhelm, the most successful of Germany’s first wave of auxiliary cruisers. She was able to remain at large for seven months, from August 1914 to March 1915, and sank 11 ships, for a total tonnage of 33,000 GRT.
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SS Prinz Eitel Friedrich on 28 March 1917, interned at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania | |
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Name | Prinz Eitel Friedrich |
Builder | Vulcan. Stettin |
Launched | 1904 |
Commissioned | 5 August 1914[1]: 46 |
Fate | Interned 1915, seized 1917 |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | 8,797 GRT |
Displacement | 16,000 tons[1]: 48 |
Length | 153.3 m (503 ft) |
Beam | 16.9 m (55 ft) |
Draught | 7.1 m (23 ft) |
Propulsion | 2 × 4 cylinder expansion |
Speed | 15 kn (28 km/h) |
Range | 10,000 nm |
Complement | 402[1]: 24 |
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