Ships
/

Prinz Adalbert

SMS Prinz Adalbert

Sunk

Imperial German Navy

TypeArmoured cruiser
WarFirst World War
Main guns4 × 21 cm (8.3 in) SK L/40 guns

Torpedoed by HMS E9 while coming to support the ships at Gotland, but reached port. Sunk by E8 in October 1915.

The German Imperial Navy cruiser SMS Prinz Adalbert before 1914. Photo: Bain News Service, New York, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 4 × 21 cm (8.3 in) SK L/40 guns
  • 10 × 15 cm (5.9 in) SK L/40 guns
  • 12 × 8.8 cm (3.5 in) SK L/35 guns
  • 4 × 45 cm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes

Armour

  • Belt: 100 mm (3.9 in)
  • Turrets: 150 mm (5.9 in)
  • Deck: 40 to 80 mm (1.6 to 3.1 in)
  • Conning tower: 150 mm
BuilderKaiserliche Werft, Kiel
Laid downApril 1900
Launched22 June 1901
Commissioned12 January 1904
DisplacementNormal: 9,087 metric tons (8,943 long tons) Full load: 9,875 t (9,719 long tons)
Length126.5 m (415 ft) o/a
Speed20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement35 officers 551 enlisted men

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

22 June 1901

2 July 1915

Torpedoed

Fate

Sunk

Torpedoed and sunk 23 October 1915