SS Prinz Eitel Friedrich (1904)

For other ships with the same name, see SS Otsego.
SS Prinz Eitel Friedrich on 28 March 1917, interned at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania
History
German Empire
NamePrinz Eitel Friedrich
BuilderVulcan. Stettin
Launched1904
Commissioned5 August 1914[1]: 46 
FateInterned 1915, seized 1917
General characteristics
Tonnage8,797 GRT
Displacement16,000 tons[1]: 48 
Length153.3 m (503 ft)
Beam16.9 m (55 ft)
Draught7.1 m (23 ft)
Propulsion2 × 4 cylinder expansion
Speed15 kn (28 km/h)
Range10,000 nm
Complement402[1]: 24 
Armament

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 and named after Prince Eitel Friedrich of Prussia. 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.

  1. ^ a b c d Schmalenbach, Paul (1979). German raiders: A history of auxiliary cruisers of the German Navy, 1895-1945 (First ed.). Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-85059-351-4.