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S.S. Kronprinzessin Cecilie

Ship Name: Kronprinzessin Cecilie
Years in service: 1906-1940
Funnels: 4
Masts: 3
Shipping Line: North German Lloyd

Ship Description: Built by "Vulkan", Stettin, Germany. Tonnage: 19,503. Dimensions: 685' x 74' (706' o.l.). Twin-screw, 23 1/2 knots. Quadruple expansion engines. Three masts and four funnels. From keel to top of funnels was 131 feet high.

History: Maiden voyage: Bremen-Southampton-New York, August 6, 1907. She never won the Atlantic speed record for those phenomenal liners the Lusitania and the Mauretania were put in service and won the Blue Ribbon before the German steamship had any opportunity to try and annex it. Vessel was seized by the United States in 1917. Torpedoed while being employed as the American troopship Mount Vernon, September 5, 1918. Managed to make port, but the lives of 36 were lost when it became necessary to close the water tight bulkheads of the engine room. Laid up after the war. Scrapped in 1940. Running mates: Kaiser Wilhelm II (identical), Kronprinz Wilhelm and Kaiser der Grosse.

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