British cargo steamship launched in 1900 and sunk by a U-boat in 1917
History
United Kingdom
Name
Mohawk
Namesake
Mohawk people
Owner
1901: Menantic SS Co Ltd
1902: N Atlantic SS Co Ltd
1912: Prince Line
Operator
1901: T Hogan & Sons
1912: James Knott
1916: Furness, Withy
Port of registry
1901: Bristol
1912: Newcastle upon Tyne
Builder
Sir James Laing & Sons, Sunderland
Yard number
578
Launched
8 November 1900
Completed
4 February 1901
Identification
UK official number 111307
code letters SFPR
Fate
Torpedoed and scuttled, 1917
General characteristics
Tonnage
4,765 GRT, 3,129 NRT
Length
391.1 ft (119.2 m)
Beam
51.2 ft (15.6 m)
Draught
27 ft 9 in (8.46 m)
Depth
28.5 ft (8.7 m)
Decks
2
Installed power
492 NHP
Propulsion
1 × screw
1 × triple expansion engine
Speed
10.5 knots (19 km/h)
Crew
42
Notes
sister ships: Mineola, Monomoy, Manitoba
SS Belgian Prince was a British cargo steamship that was launched in 1900 as Mohawk. She was renamed Hungarian Prince when she changed owners in 1912, and Belgian Prince after the United Kingdom declared war against Austria-Hungary and its allies in 1914.
U-55 sank Belgian Prince in 1917. Her crew survived the sinking, but U-55's commander Wilhelm Werner murdered most of them by drowning. Werner evaded prosecution, later became a senior officer in the SS, and died just after the Second World War.
She was the third of three Prince Line ships to be called Belgian Prince. The first was launched in 1888 as Lady Ailsa, renamed Belgian Prince in 1890, and sold and renamed in 1897.[1] The second was launched in 1885 as Hajeen, renamed Berriz in 1900 and Belgian Prince in 1907, and sold and renamed again in 1911.[2]
^"Lady Ailsa". Scottish Built Ships. Caledonian Maritime Research Trust. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
^"Hajeen". Tyne Built Ships. Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
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