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KAISERLICHE MARINE (GERMANY)

CONVERTED MERCHANT SHIPS

decoy vessels of WW I

more than 1000 BRT

Name

Launched // Comm.

Builder

Tonnage, BRT (disp., t)

Dimensions, m

Speed, kts

Engine, Power hp

Armament

Fate

Alexandra (A) 18.3.1909 // 12.1915 Neptun, Rostock 1123 (1625) 65.3x9.8 12 1VTE, 2boilers, 1000 4x1-105/32 auxiliary 9.1917
Hermann (H) 31.8.1901 // 4.1916 Neptun, Rostock 2030 (5000) 91.7x12.6 9 1VTE, 1boiler, 1000 4x1-105/32 sunk 14.6.1916
Kronprinz Wilhelm (K) 12.1914 // 11.1915 Stettiner Oderwerke 1768 (2560) 77.0x10.9 12 1VTE, 2boilers, 1500 4x1-105/32 sunk 2.11.1917

100 - 1000 BRT

Belmonte (B) (1914, 193, 2-105/32, 8.1916-12/1917); Friedeburg (F) (1912, 211, 2-105/32, 9.1916-9/1917); Oder (O) (1897, 648, 2-105/32, 8.1916-12/1917); Primula (P) (1904, 834, 2-105/32, 4.1916-1/1917); Triumph (1907, 239, 2-88/27, 8.1918-25.8.1918)

Project history: Merchant vessels converted to decoys.

Modernizations: None.

 

Naval service: Hermann was sunk NW of Gotland by Russian destroyers Grom, Novik and Pobeditel 14.6.1916. Kronprinz Wilhelm was sunk by British destroyers in Kattegat 2.11.1917.

 

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