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CONVERTED MERCHANT VESSELS
decoy vessels of WWI


Ships


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 t displacement/ BRT tonnage vessels


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.