SMS Prinz Adalbert

Seiner Majestät Schiff "Prinz Adalbert" was a German armored cruiser built in the early 1900s for the Imperial German Navy. Named after Kaiser Wilhelm II third son Prince Adalbert of Prussia. She was the lead ship of her class. "Prinz Adalbert" was built at Kiel Navy Dockyard. She was laid down in April 1900, and completed in January 1904, at the cost of 16,371,000 Marks. Upon commissioning, "Prinz Adalbert" served as a gunnery training ship.

ervice history

At the start of World War I, "Prinz Adalbert" was assigned to III Scouting Group of the High Seas Fleet. In November 1914, she transferred to the Baltic Sea to conduct operations against the Russian Navy. On 24 January 1915, she ran aground near Steinort while on a mission to bombard the naval base at Libau. The ship was soon refloated.

On 2 July 1915, the British submarine "E9" torpedoed and badly damaged "Prinz Adalbert" near Gotland Island. On 23 October 1915, "E8" torpedoed "Prinz Adalbert" 20 miles west of Libau. The magazine exploded and the ship sank with the loss of 672 crew. There were only three survivors.

The wreck was found by Deep Sea Productions in June 2007.

External links

* [http://www.worldwar1.co.uk/armoured-cruiser/sms-prinz-adalbert.html World War 1 Naval Combat]