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for coal. At about 09:14 on the morning of 6 December, she was about 40 mi (35 nmi; 64 km) from
Halifax when the ship was rocked by a concussion so severe that many thought she had struck a mine or been torpedoed. Lookouts spied a great flame and a high column of smoke in the direction
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would send over a boarding party to search the captured vessel. If it appeared to have nothing of value or military significance, it was released and sent on its way. If it did have valuable (or contraband) cargo, or was a warship or a ship that might someday be converted to military use, the crew of
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that gold was transferred from the
Kronprinz Wilhelm to the GWR train, as a payment to the French for the construction costs of the Panama canal. However this is doubtful as any gold bound for France would have been offloaded in France rather than England, and the Kronprinz Wilhelm was not moored off
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offered its First Class passengers such public rooms as a social hall, a music room, smoking room, and library. The dining room could seat 414 and was topped by a glass skylight set within a cupola. The walls consisted of green and bronze panels, while the ceilings were painted with allegories of the
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Dr. Perrenon—the ship's surgeon—is reported to have said, "We had many cases of pneumonia, pleurisy and rheumatism among the men. They seemed to lose all resistance long before the epidemic broke out. We had superficial wounds, cuts, to deal with. They usually refused to heal for a long time. We had
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to make for the nearest neutral port. The apparent cause of the illness was malnutrition from their diet consisting mainly of beef, white bread, boiled potatoes, canned vegetables, and oleomargarine. The few fresh vegetables they seized from the captured vessels were reserved for the officers' mess.
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had a control panel in the map room to close or open the 20 watertight doors. If a door was closed, this was shown by a lamp. This security system alone needed 3.2 km (2.0 mi) of special cables and 1.2 km (0.75 mi) of normal cables. At one point in 1907 the ship rammed an iceberg
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made three more round-trip voyages carrying troops to France and returning the sick and wounded to the US. Though all three were peaceful passages by wartime standards, they were not uneventful. On the return voyage from the first of the three, she weathered a severe hurricane in which three of her
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commerce. The guns had to be emplaced and a target for gunnery practice constructed. The crew—mostly reservists and civilians—received a crash course in their duties in a warship and in general naval discipline. A "prize crew" was selected and trained in the techniques of boarding captured vessels
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the port beam. The gun crews manned their stations and began firing at the torpedo while
Captain Stirling ordered the wheel hard to starboard and all engines full astern in an effort to avoid the torpedo. Meanwhile, some of the gunners had shifted their attention to what they thought to be the
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simply overtaking them with superior speed and size, ordering them to stop, and then sending over a boarding party, or by pretending to be a ship in distress or posing as a ship of a friendly nationality and luring unsuspecting prey to her in that way. The targeted ships were usually caught by
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noted that "the accommodations are finished on the same rich scale of decoration which obtains on the "Kaiser
Wilhelm:" but with the difference that the color scheme is more subdued and, therefore, more restful to the eye." The finest accommodation aboard were 4 "cabines de luxe" consisting of
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Late in March 1915, the auxiliary cruiser headed north to rendezvous with another German supply ship at the equator. She arrived at the meeting point on the morning of 28 March and cruised in the neighborhood all day. That evening, she sighted a steamship in company with two
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delivered a depth-charge barrage which subjected the submarine to a severe shaking. Stirling's evasive maneuver was considered unorthodox and conventional practice at the time would have been to attempt to outrun the torpedo. For his actions in saving the ship and the lives aboard, he was
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surprise (some did not even yet know that war had been declared), and their captain had to make the quick decision of whether to run, fight, or surrender. Since the captured ships were no match in speed, and usually had few or no arms, the unpleasant but expedient choice was to surrender.
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arrived in New York on 20 June and began preparations for another voyage to France. On 29 June, she embarked troops for passage to Europe, and the next day formed up with a convoy for the
Atlantic crossing. At about noon on the third day out, a fire broke out in the forward cargo hold of
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maintained 12 kn (14 mph; 22 km/h) while the damage control party made repairs. The ship continued on with the convoy and arrived in Brest three days later. She disembarked passengers and unloaded cargo between 14 and 19 November, but she did not depart until 28 November.
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s two ammunition-less 4.7 in (120 mm) guns and their splinter shields. The raider later mounted the additional guns aft, where they were used for gun drills and to fire warning shots with modified, blank salute cartridges. She continued coaling and provisioning operations from
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would then systematically (and quite politely) transfer all of the crew, passengers, and their baggage and other valuable cargo from the captured ship to their own, including coal and other supplies. Then they would usually scuttle the captured vessel by opening up the
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completed a somewhat cramped voyage at Brest on 9 July. Three days later, she headed back across the
Atlantic with civilians and wounded soldiers returning to the US after service in Europe. After a peaceful voyage, the transport reached New York on 21 July.
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complement were washed overboard and lost at sea, while several others received injuries. On the New York-to-Brest leg of the second, the influenza epidemic of 1918 struck the 2,700 troops she had embarked and resulted in 400 stretcher cases and 34 deaths.
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prepared her to resume that role against her former masters. However, since the Allied and associated Powers already maintained virtual control of the seas, their need for that type of ship was minimal. Accordingly, on 21 September, the Office of the
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at around 14:00, and the two ships moved alongside each other immediately thereafter. Coaling started and continued throughout the night of 8/9 September. The following morning, the German prize crew detonated three explosive charges which sank
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coast, where he hoped to find sources of coal more friendly to
Germany or at least a greater choice of neutral ports in which to intern his ship if she should find herself unable to replenish her supplies from captured ships.
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to take on two 88 mm (3.46 in) rapid-firing guns, 290 rounds of 88 mm ammunition, a machine gun, and 36 rifles as well as one officer, two non-commissioned officers, and 13 ratings. She was commissioned as an
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had been sunk, torpedoed, or interned, but between 4 September 1914 and 28 March 1915, she was responsible for the capture (and often sinking) of 15 ships—10 British, four French, and one
Norwegian—off the east coast of
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until 11 October, when bad weather forced a postponement. On 14 October, she resumed the transfer of fuel but broke off again when she intercepted a wireless message indicating that her captive's sister ship
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approached the burning ship. Silhouetted by the flames, she would have made a perfect target for any U-boat in the vicinity, but she worked throughout the night and, by morning, had succeeded in embarking
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that afternoon. Over the next three weeks, she received repairs of the damage to her bow. On 20 January 1918, the ship floated out of the dock and then retransited the canal. After coaling at
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s master, who ordered his people to lie low in their craft so that other Allied ships would not be drawn into the waiting U-boat's trap. Fortunately, he and his men were saved eventually.
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passengers aboard. This state visit was also an early example of film reporting. This was also the ship's first voyage under
Captain August Richter, who was the captain until August 1907.
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was launched on 30 March 1901. Her registered length was 637.3 ft (194.2 m), her beam was 66.3 ft (20.2 m) and her depth was 39.3 ft (12.0 m). Her
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began a zigzag approach to pick up what appeared to be boatloads of survivors from a sunken Allied ship. About 20 minutes later, her lookouts reported the wake of a
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on 12–13 March and arrived at Norfolk on 16 March. After repairs and coaling, she moved on to Philadelphia to load troops and cargo for her third voyage to France.
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much hemorrhage. There were a number of accidents aboard, fractures, and dislocations. The broken bones were slow to mend." Slow healing is an early symptom of
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that no further coal would be available in the neighborhood of the Azores and the Canaries. Consequently, her commanding officer decided to head for the
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on 3 September, preparations were nearly complete. At 20:30 the following evening, the auxiliary cruiser encountered a target, the British steamship
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learned the facts when she entered the harbor at about 14:30 that afternoon. A portion of the city had been devastated by the explosion and the
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for a year, and then interned in the United States when she ran out of supplies. When the US entered World War I, she was seized and renamed
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again. Her name disappeared from mercantile records after 1923 and she was scrapped by Boston Iron & Metals Co.
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had sunk their ship earlier and remained in the area to use them as bait for other Allied ships such as
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2424:The Kaiser's merchant ships in World War I
2236:
2219:
2174:
888:(1908); the theatrical and opera producer
2693:The Great Ocean Liners: Kronprinz Wilhelm
2581:Ruggles, Logan E; Norton, Owen W (1919).
2333:
2331:
2196:E. und M. Elektrotechnik und Maschinenbau
2180:
2602:. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press.
2494:This article incorporates text from the
2453:. London: William Heinemann. p. 184
2415:
2185:(in German). G Braun Verlag. p. 52.
2010:
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1288:. Allied newspapers often reported that
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644:, Poland), in 1901. She was named after
606:
414:registered: 637.3 ft (194.2 m)
19:For other ships with the same name, see
2318:"The New Steamship "Kronprinz Wilhelm""
1885:
1545:
3651:
2514:
2446:
2421:
2328:
2045:Although her name was struck from the
1692:
1315:Ships were usually captured either by
982:Prince Heinrich of Prussia (1862–1929)
956:
801:collided with a Royal Navy destroyer,
3012:
2936:
2748:
2519:. Newton Abbot: David & Charles.
2339:"Express Steamship Kronprinz Wilhelm"
2142:"Express Steamship Kronprinz Wilhelm"
2110:
2099:Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen, Jahrbuch
1310:
1079:took a meandering course towards the
276:
224:
54:
3729:Transports of the United States Navy
3724:Steamships of the United States Navy
2533:
2381:. Smithsonian National Postal Museum
2220:Ljungström, Henrik (23 March 2018).
2159:, Sunday 16 February 1902, p. 1
1353:In this way she took the following:
1280:cruised the waters off the coast of
1020:German auxiliary cruiser (1914–1915)
2676:Page at US Navy's Historical Center
2477:The Cruise of the Kronprinz Wilhelm
2324:. Vol. 45. 1901. p. 1037.
2027:Morse Dry Dock & Repair Company
1347:The Cruise of the Kronprinz Wilhelm
839:(42.76 km/h; 26.57 mph).
13:
2585:. Brooklyn: Brooklyn Eagle Press.
2508:
2113:Schiffbau, Schiffahrt und Hafenbau
2067:List of German Imperial Navy ships
1811:
1773:Aftermath of the Halifax explosion
689:German passenger liner (1901–1914)
564:2 Ă— 120 mm (4.7 in) guns
14:
3745:
2636:Several pictures and drawings of
2617:
2576:. London: The St Katherine Press.
2169:The Marconi Press Agency Ltd 1913
1036:, and ordered to rendezvous with
628:, a shipping company now part of
567:2 Ă— 88 mm (3.5 in) guns
501:(26.57 mph; 42.76 km/h)
2560:. Vol. I–Steamers. London:
2487:
2111:Flamm, Oswald, ed. (1901). "'".
1816:After debarking her passengers,
1500:, which had sunk shortly before
1005:London and South Western Railway
720:, each driven by a six-cylinder
581:8 Ă— 5 in (130 mm) guns
420:: 663.30 ft (202.17 m)
278:
226:
194:
187:
180:
173:
105:
56:
35:
3714:World War I cruisers of Germany
3699:Steamships of the German Empire
2465:
2440:
2422:Putnam, William Lowell (2001).
2393:
2371:
2345:
2292:
2213:
2201:
865:(1906) who died in 1912 aboard
854:(1904) who died in 1915 aboard
584:4 Ă— 3 in (76 mm) guns
2401:"Karlsruhe – WW1 Naval Combat"
2357:Scientific American Supplement
2148:
2134:
2092:
2083:
2072:List of naval ships of Germany
949:Scientific American Supplement
812:tried to pass the much larger
16:German ocean liner and warship
1:
2250:, 24 December 1903, p. 3
2115:(in German) (2). Berlin: 509.
2077:
1942:adrift in seven small boats.
1661:Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben
943:were placed along the walls.
824:escaped relatively unharmed.
308:Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben
3709:World War I commerce raiders
3694:Ships of Norddeutscher Lloyd
2698:Listing at MaritimeQuest.com
2570:The Marconi Press Agency Ltd
2558:Lloyd's Register of Shipping
2450:Three Years of Naval Warfare
2303:. Lyons Press. pp. 3–4.
2041:1919–1923 commercial service
2035:United States Shipping Board
1710:telegraphed an order to the
1259:that same day. Survivors of
1058:) Paul Thierfelder—formerly
907:
892:together with the conductor
820:sustained heavy damage, but
683:United States Shipping Board
648:, son of the German Emperor
7:
2598:Schmalenbach, Paul (1979).
2534:Hoyt, Edwin Palmer (1974).
2060:
1777:On her way back to the US,
880:(1907); the star conductor
652:, and was a sister ship of
587:2 Ă— 3 in (76 mm)
480:quadruple expansion engines
10:
3750:
3684:Passenger ships of Germany
3679:Maritime incidents in 1901
2776:Four-funneled ocean liners
2289:, 27 June 1909, p. C2
2210:, 26 September 1901, p. 16
2181:Schachner, Robert (1904).
1983:s more than 2,000 troops.
1276:For the next five months,
722:quadruple expansion engine
446:39.3 ft (12.0 m)
430:66.3 ft (20.2 m)
270:Seized by US, 6 April 1917
18:
3674:Kaiser-class ocean liners
3639:
3452:
3369:
3136:Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse
3047:
2976:Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse
2970:
2964:Kaiser-class ocean liners
2789:Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse
2782:
2731:
2720:
2710:
2705:
2353:"The "Kronprinz Wilhelm""
2224:. thegreatoceanliners.com
2089:Schmalenbach, 1979, p, 48
2053:and after 1921 simply as
1925:subsequently awarded the
1905:approaching her bow from
1741:after her collision with
1708:Chief of Naval Operations
1663:, the German hero of the
1097:Provisioning and training
926:Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse
656:Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse
560:German auxiliary cruiser:
364:
49:
34:
1831:, where she disembarked
1725:From left to right: USS
966:
848:Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler
753:Kaiser Wilhelm der GroĂźe
3239:Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm
2686:19 October 2007 at the
2265:, 31 October 1907, p. 3
1343:Alfred von Niezychowski
438:28 ft (8.5 m)
365:General characteristics
3689:Ships built in Stettin
3224:Kronprinzessin Cecilie
2997:Kronprinzessin Cecilie
2849:Kronprinzessin Cecilie
2668:history.navy.mil: USS
2479:. New York: Doubleday.
2299:Thomas Kepler (2021).
2277:, 14 April 1909, p. 11
2019:
1746:
1703:Philadelphia Navy Yard
1619:
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1263:and the French barque
1109:
977:
896:and the opera singers
884:(1909); the ballerina
698:
612:
216:Commissioned into the
3208:Prinz Eitel Friedrich
2624:NavSource gallery of
2517:North Atlantic Seaway
2515:Bonsor, NRP (1975) .
2014:
1724:
1609:
1553:
1477:
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1273:on 23 November 1914.
1104:
1024:When Germany entered
1001:Great Western Railway
964:
941:House of Hohenzollern
777:On 18 September 1901
696:
610:
2473:Niezychowski, Alfred
1829:Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
1783:Halifax, Nova Scotia
1580:Cape Henry, Virginia
1546:1915–1917 internment
1507:s arrival. However,
1050:Lieutenant Commander
1034:Imperial German Navy
974:US Parcel Post stamp
874:Rita de Acosta Lydig
697:Deck plans from 1908
664:Imperial German Navy
646:Crown Prince Wilhelm
317:Seized, 6 April 1917
218:Imperial German Navy
85:Crown Prince William
3664:Blue Riband holders
3112:Friedrich der GroĂźe
3041:Norddeutscher Lloyd
2640:, at greatships.net
2447:Gibson, RH (1918).
2379:"10-cent Steamship"
2222:"Kronprinz Wilhelm"
1693:Career as a US ship
1665:American Revolution
1412:, Russia (released)
1013:Charles Rous-Marten
972:depicted on a 1912
970:in New York Harbor,
957:State visit of 1902
894:Cleofonte Campanini
626:Norddeutscher Lloyd
95:Norddeutscher Lloyd
3669:Four funnel liners
2564:of Shipping. 1914.
2287:The New York Times
2275:The New York Times
2263:The New York Times
2247:The New York Times
2208:The New York Times
2156:Berliner Tageblatt
2020:
1997:Yates Stirling Jr.
1825:Yates Stirling Jr.
1747:
1659:in honor of Baron
1639:United States Navy
1620:
1560:
1534:) distant. Though
1484:
1351:
1311:Methods of capture
1110:
986:Theodore Roosevelt
978:
765:, and by 1913 her
763:wireless telegraph
699:
679:United States Navy
677:, and served as a
613:
589:anti-aircraft guns
539:Auxiliary cruiser:
3646:
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3255:George Washington
3192:Kaiser Wilhelm II
3184:Kronprinz Wilhelm
3006:
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2990:Kaiser Wilhelm II
2983:Kronprinz Wilhelm
2930:
2929:
2819:Kaiser Wilhelm II
2809:Kronprinz Wilhelm
2743:
2742:
2732:Succeeded by
2662:Kronprinz Wilhelm
2654:The Covington Sun
2638:Kronprinz Wilhelm
2626:Kronprinz Wilhelm
2540:Arthur Barker Ltd
2526:978-0-7153-6401-7
2403:. Worldwar1.co.uk
2051:Baron Von Steuben
1837:Panama Canal Zone
1806:Halifax Explosion
1683:Kronprinz Wilhelm
1672:Kronprinz Wilhelm
1650:Kronprinz Wilhelm
1616:dazzle camouflage
1588:Norfolk Navy Yard
1564:Kronprinz Wilhelm
1556:Kronprinz Wilhelm
1536:Kronprinz Wilhelm
1509:Kronprinz Wilhelm
1502:Kronprinz Wilhelm
1436:Four-mast Barque
1327:Kronprinz Wilhelm
1322:Kronprinz Wilhelm
1317:Kronprinz Wilhelm
1299:Kronprinz Wilhelm
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1278:Kronprinz Wilhelm
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1161:Kronprinz Wilhelm
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1125:Kronprinz Wilhelm
1117:Kronprinz Wilhelm
1107:Kronprinz Wilhelm
1091:SĂŁo Miguel Island
1077:Kronprinz Wilhelm
1046:auxiliary cruiser
1030:Kronprinz Wilhelm
990:Kronprinz Wilhelm
968:Kronprinz Wilhelm
937:Renaissance style
932:Kronprinz Wilhelm
916:were designed by
914:Kronprinz Wilhelm
912:The interiors of
890:Oscar Hammerstein
844:Kronprinz Wilhelm
829:Kronprinz Wilhelm
822:Kronprinz Wilhelm
814:Kronprinz Wilhelm
799:Kronprinz Wilhelm
795:Kronprinz Wilhelm
779:Kronprinz Wilhelm
771:Kronprinz Wilhelm
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617:Kronprinz Wilhelm
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1697:The newly named
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1461:, United Kingdom
1447:, United Kingdom
1433:, United Kingdom
1426:, United Kingdom
1419:, United Kingdom
1405:, United Kingdom
1398:, United Kingdom
1382:Anne de Bretagne
1370:, United Kingdom
1361:, United Kingdom
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1169:
1105:Pre-WWI view of
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1929:and the French
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852:Charles Frohman
758:The ship had a
712:and 6,162
691:
668:commerce raider
666:, sailing as a
640:, Germany (now
451:Installed power
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3200:Scharnhorst
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2799:Deutschland
2736:Deutschland
2724:Blue Riband
2715:Deutschland
2670:Von Steuben
2630:Von Steuben
2457:25 February
2407:15 February
2363:28 November
2228:20 November
2055:Von Steuben
2023:Von Steuben
2016:Von Steuben
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1989:Von Steuben
1973:Von Steuben
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1648:On 9 June,
1645:, Georgia.
1612:Von Steuben
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1341:Lieutenant
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1026:World War I
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733:Bremerhaven
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630:Hapag-Lloyd
622:ocean liner
572:machine gun
497:23.09
377:ocean liner
334:Von Steuben
298:Von Steuben
253:August 1914
137:Yard number
3659:1901 ships
3653:Categories
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3597:Weserstrom
3287:Berlin III
3104:Barbarossa
2839:Mauretania
2729:1902–1903
2538:. London:
2131:, KRI–KRO.
2078:References
1927:Navy Cross
1878:coaled at
1789:Mont-Blanc
1733:, and USS
1712:Commandant
1687:Scapa Flow
1592:Portsmouth
1530:; 32
1459:Hemisphere
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1368:Wilfred M.
1253:Montevideo
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527:Complement
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473:Propulsion
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3378:Wittekind
3327:Gneisenau
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2889:Aquitania
2829:Lusitania
2047:Navy List
2001:Armistice
1985:Henderson
1978:Henderson
1968:Henderson
1966:USS
1872:periscope
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1761:Agamemnon
1759:USS
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1678:Kronprinz
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980:In 1902,
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908:Interiors
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858:Lusitania
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803:HMS
767:call sign
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632:, by the
204:call sign
132:, Germany
126:AG Vulcan
3581:Hannover
3461:TĂĽbingen
3386:Willehad
3279:Columbus
3263:Zeppelin
2706:Records
2684:Archived
2628:and USS
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2061:See also
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1490:Carmania
1465:SS
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1445:Bellevue
1440:, France
1391:, France
1384:, France
1377:, Norway
1375:Semantha
1365:Schooner
1332:seacocks
1172:Asuncion
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