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Kronprinz Wilhelm 1914

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Name	Launched // Comm.	Builder	Tonnage, BRT (disp., t)	Dimensions, m	Speed, kts	Engine, Power hp	Armament	Fate
Berlin	7.11.1908 // 9.1914	Weser, Bremen	17324 (26000)	186.8x21.2	17.5	2VQE, 7boilers, 14000	6x1-105/37, 4x5-37/20, 200mines	interned 18.11.1914, returned 6.1919
Cap Trafalgar	31.7.1913 // 8.1914	Vulcan, Hamburg	18805 (23640)	186.0x21.9	17	2VTE, 14boilers, 15000	2x1-105/37, 6x1-37/30	sunk 14.9.1914
Cormoran (ex-Ryazan`)	3.1909 // 8.1914	Schichau, Elbing	3522 (7250)	104.0x13.7	15	1VTE, 4boilers, 4750	8x1-105/37	interned 14.12.1915, sunk 7.4.1917
Greif (ex-Guben)	29.7.1914 // 1.1916	Neptun, Rostock	4962 (9900)	131.7x16.5	13	1VTE, 2boilers, 3000	4x1-149/37, 1x1-105/37, 2x1-500TT	sunk 29.2.1916
Iltis (ex-Turritella, ex-Gutenfels)	18.11.1905 // 2.1917	Flensburger SB	5528 (10700)	135.2x16.8	11	1VQE, 3boilers, 2600	1x1-52/51, 25mines	sunk 5.3.1917
Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse	4.5.1897 // 8.1914	Vulcan, Stettin	14349 (24300)	199.5x20.1	22	2VTE, 14boilers, 28000	6x1-105/37, 2x5-37/20	sunk 26.8.1914
Kronprinz Wilhelm	30.3.1901 // 8.1914	Vulcan, Stettin	14908 (24900)	202.2x20.2	22	2VQE, 16boilers, 30000	2x1-88/45	interned 26.4.1915, captured by USA 7.4.1917 (Von Steuben)
Geier (ex-Saint Théodore)	22.4.1913 // 12.1916	Hamilton, Glasgow, UK	4992 (9700)	127.2x15.9	12.6	1VTE, 2boilers, 1800	2x1-52/51	scuttled 14.2.1917
Leopard (ex-Yarrowdale)	1912 // 1.1917	Dobson, Newcastle, UK	4652 (9800)	124.7x15.9	13	1VTE, 2boilers, 2400	5x1-149/37, 4x1-88/45, 2x1-500TT	sunk 16.3.1917
Meteor (ex-Vienna)	5.1903 // 5.1915	Ramage & Ferguson, Leith, UK	1912 (3640)	89.1x11.3	14	1VTE, 2boilers, 2400	2x1-88/37, 2x1-37/30, 2x1-450TT, 374mines	sunk 9.8.1915
Möwe (ex-Pungo), 6.1916- Vineta, 8.1916- Möwe	9.5.1914 // 12.1915	Tecklenborg, Geestemünde	4788 (9800)	124.5x14.4	14	1VTE, 5boilers, 3200	4x1-149/43, 1x1-105/42, 2x1-500TT, 500mines	to United Kingdom 5.1920
Prinz Eitel Friedrich	18.6.1904 // 8.1914	Vulcan, Stettin	8797 (16000)	154.6x17.0	15	2VQE, 4boilers, 7000	4x1-105/37, 6x1-88/37, 12x1-37/30	interned 9.4.1915, captured by USA 7.4.1917 (De Kalb)
Seeadler (ex-Pass of Balmaha)	9.8.1878 // 12.1916	Duncan, Glasgow, UK	1571 (4500)	83.5x11.8	9	1diesel, 900, sails	2x1-105/42	wrecked 2.8.1917
Wolf (ex-Belgravia)	10.5.1906 // 1.1916	Workman Clark, Belfast, UK	6648 (12900)	141.1x16.2	11.5	1VQE, 4boilers, 2800	4x1-149/37, 2x1-37/30, 2x1-500TT	CTL 26.2.1916
Wolf (ex-Wachtfels), summer1916- Jupiter, 11.1916- Wolf	8.3.1913 // 5.1916	Flensburger SB	5809 (11200)	135.0x17.1	10.5	1VTE, 3boilers, 2800	5x1-149/37, 2x1-500TT, 3x1-52/51, 465mines, 1seaplane (FF33E)	to France 4.1919
Vineta (ex-Cap Polonio)	25.3.1914 // 2.1915	Blohm & Voss, Hamburg	20576 (24500)	200.1x21.7	19	2VTE, 14boilers, 20000	4x1-149/37, 4x1-88/45	to United Kingdom 4.1919
Victoria Luise (ex-Deutschland)	10.1.1900 // 8.1914	Vulcan, Stettin	16703 (27350)	207.2x20.5	17.5	2VQE, 8boilers, 15000	4x1-105/42, 4x5-37/20	discarded 8.1914

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Project history

German AMCs intended for actions against merchant shipping at oceans and offen called as "commerce raiders". They were converted from cargo ships, armament was masked.

Modernizations

autumn 1916, Wolf: + 2 x 1 - 149/37, 2 x 1 - 500 TT

Naval service

Berlin was interned with fuel coal bunkers at Trondheim (Norway) 18.11.1914, returned to owner in June 1919 and in December transferred to White Star Line as Arabic. Cap Trafalgar was sunk in South Atlantic off Trinidad by British AMC Carmania 14.9.1914. Cormoran (former Russian Ryazan` captured in Korea Strait by cruiser Emden 4.8.1914) was interned at Guam 14.12.1914 by USA and scuttled there by own crew to avoid capture 7.4.1917. Greif was sunk by British AMCs Alcantara, Andes, cruiser Comus and two destroyers 29.2.1916 off Bergen. Iltis was formed British Turritella, captured 27.2.1917 W of Colombo, she was sunk by British sloop Odin 5.3.1917 off Aden. Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse was sunk by British cruiser Highflyer 26.8.1914 at Rio de Oro (Spanish Northern Africa). Kronprinz Wilhelm was interned by USA 26.4.1915 at Newport News and 7.4.1917 captured by USA, used by USN as troop transport Von Steuben. Geier was former British Saint Théodore, captured by AMC Möwe 12.12.1916, she was scuttled by AMC Möwe because of her worn out machinery. Leopard (captured British Yarrowdale) was sunk by British cruisers Achilles and Dundee 16.3.1917 NO of Faeroes. Meteor was sunk 9.8.1915 in the North Sea by British cruiser squadron. Prinz Eutel Friedrich was interned by USA 9.4.1915 at Newport News and 7.4.1917 captured by USA and commissioned by USN as troop transport De Kalb. Seeadler (ex-Pass of Balmaha, captured by submarine U36) wrecked through negligence on Mopelia Island in the Societies (Pacific) 2.8.1917. Wolf (ex-Belgravia) was badly damaged during a storm in Elbe mouth and discarded.