Editorial Reviews - World War I Ships of Germany From the Publisher Chapters: World War I Merchant Ships of Germany, World War I Naval Ships of Germany, World War I Passenger Ships of Germany, Ss Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse, Ss Kronprinz Wilhelm, Rms Empress of Australia, Hms Fifi, German Submarine Deutschland, Uss Artemis, Ponape, Herzogin Cecilie, Parma, German Hospital Ship Ophelia, Omega, a Class Torpedo Boat, Ss Kaiser Wilhelm Ii, Orp Mazur, German Submarine Bremen, Ss Königin Luise, Sms Seeadler, Ss Pfalz, Aud, Ss Cuba, Rickmer Rickmers, Hms Anne, Fl-Boat, Ss Aenne Rickmers. Excerpt: SS Kronprinz Wilhelm was a German passenger liner built for the Norddeutscher Lloyd, a former shipping company of the Hapag-Lloyd by the AG Vulcan shipyard in Stettin, in 1901. She took her name from Crown Prince Wilhelm, son of the German Emperor Wilhelm II, and was a sister ship of the SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse. She had a varied career, starting off as a world-record-holding passenger liner, then becoming an auxiliary warship from 1914-1915 for the Imperial German Navy, sailing as a commerce raider for a year, and then interned in the United States when she ran out of supplies. When the US entered into World War I, she was seized and served as a United States Navy troop transport until she was decommissioned and turned over to the United States Shipping Board, where she remained in service until she was scrapped in 1923. The Kronprinz Wilhelm was launched on 30 March 1901 and started her transatlantic maiden voyage on 17 September 1901 from Bremerhaven via Southampton and Cherbourg to New York. She was one of the fastest and luxurious liners on the North Atlantic and stayed on that run until 1914. The ship had a Marconi Telegraph, a electric central heating and electic light of 1.900 lamps on board. About 60 electric motors were... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=3593869 Synopsis Chapters: World War I Merchant Ships of Germany, World War I Naval Ship