SS Prinz Adalbert
| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: |
Prinz Adalbert (1902-1916) Princetown (1916-1917) Alesia (1917) |
| Owner: |
Hamburg America Line (1902-1914) Admiralty (1914-1917) Compagnie de Navigation Sud-Atlantique (1917) |
| Builder: | Bremer Vulkan Schiffbau & Machinen Fabrik, Bremen-Vegesack |
| Yard number: | 452 |
| Launched: | 21 August 1902 |
| Fate: | Sunk on 6 September 1917 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 6,030 GRT 3,797 NRT |
| Length: | 403.3 ft (122.9 m) |
| Beam: | 49.2 ft (15.0 m) |
| Depth: | 27.1 ft (8.3 m) |
| Propulsion: | Quadruple expansion 8-cylinder engine Twin screws |
| Speed: | 13 kn (24 km/h; 15 mph) |
| Capacity: | 60 first class passengers 1,200 third class passengers |
SS Prinz Adalbert, was a German ocean liner of the Hamburg America Line. She was built by Bremer Vulkan Schiffbau & Machinen Fabrik, Bremen-Vegesack and launched on 21 August 1902.[1]
In 1912, the Prinz Adalbert was one of several ships to sight the iceberg suspected of sinking RMS Titanic.[2]
On the declaration of War in August 1914, she was captured at Falmouth, Cornwall, by Britain and was operated by the Admiralty and renamed Princetown in 1916. She was transferred to France in 1917 and renamed Alesia. On 6 September 1917 she was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine SM UC-50, off Ushant.[3]