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Prinz Adalbert
History
Name
  • 1902: Prinz Adalbert
  • 1914: Prince
  • 1916: Princetown
  • 1917: Alesia
Namesake
  • 1902: Prince Adalbert of Prussia
  • 1916: Princetown
  • 1917: Alesia
Owner
  • 1902: Hamburg America Line
  • 1917: C de N Sud-Atlantique
Operator
  • 1914: United Kingdom Admiralty
  • 1915: Gellatly, Hankey & Co
Port of registry
  • 1902: German Empire Hamburg
  • 1915: United Kingdom
  • 1917: France
Route
  • 1903: Hamburg – Brazil
  • 1903: Hamburg – Vera Cruz
  • 1904: Genoa – New York
  • 1906: Genoa – Buenos Aires
  • 1914: Hamburg – Philadelphia
BuilderBremer Vulkan, Vegesack
Yard number450
Launched21 August 1902
Completed12 January 1903
Maiden voyage20 January 1903: Hamburg – Brazil
Identification
  • code letters RMSN
  • call sign DDZ
Fatesunk by torpedo, 1917
General characteristics
Typecargo liner
Tonnage6,030 GRT, 3,797 NRT, 6,150 DWT
Length403.3 ft (122.9 m)
Beam49.2 ft (15.0 m)
Depth27.1 ft (8.3 m)
Decks3
Installed power402 NHP
Propulsion
  • 2 × quadruple-expansion engines
  • 2 × screws
Speed12 knots (22 km/h)
Capacitypassengers: 120 × 1st class; 50 × 2nd class; 300 × 3rd class
Sensors and
processing systems
by 1910: submarine signalling
Notessister ship: Prinz Oskar

SS Prinz Adalbert was a twin-screw cargo liner that was launched in Germany in 1902 for Hamburg America Line (HAPAG). In 1914 the United Kingdom Admiralty seized her and renamed her Prince. In 1916 she was renamed Princetown. On 1917 she was transferred to the Compagnie de Navigation Sud-Atlantique and renamed Alesia. Later in 1917 a U-boat sank her.

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