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Kronprinzessin Cecilie
Norddeutscher Lloyd Line
Length:
685 ft.
Breadth:
72 ft.
Draft (or Depth):
31 ft.
Tonnage:
19,400 (gross)
Engines:
two quadruple-expansion steam engines, two screw propellers
Speed:
24 knots
Builder:
AG Vulcan, Stettin, Germany
Launched:
December 1, 1906
Maiden Voyage:
July 14, 1907
Disposition:
1940 - scrapped.
Particulars:
Port of Registry: Bremen, Germany Flag of Registry: German Funnel color: Buff Company flag: Blue and white, diagonally quartered, yellow shield on black anchor, black block letters on shield H A P A G Signal Letters: Wireless call letters: D K A Details: Four funnels, three masts; capacity: 1,741 passengers; Wartime armament: 4 × 5-inch (130 mm) guns,
2 × 1-pounder guns,
2 × machine guns
Relationship to Titanic disaster / inquiries.
Mentioned during testimony of Edward Wilding.
Data:
December 1, 1906
Launched by AG Vulcan, Stettin, Germany for Hamburg America Line. Named in honor of Crown Princess Cecilie, the vessel was launched by her father in law Wilhelm II, German Emperor.
June 1907
While preparing for her maiden voyage the new vessel sank in the harbor at Bremerhaven, Germany harbour. It took until July for the vessel to be pumped out and repaired.
July 14, 1907
Maiden voyage:
1914
Interred at Bar Harbor, Maine after trying to pose as White Star liner Olympic (the crew had painted the tops of her normally buff funnels black to resemble the other liner).
