Profile drawing of Prinz Sigismund
66,20 mOverall length
697 tDisplacement
13 knMaximum speed
170Mine capacity

Design and service

The story of Prinz Sigismund

This ship was one of a group of three ferries which were assinged as mine layers in August 1914. Prinz Sigismund, also named Hilfsstreuminendampfer A operated in the Baltic Sea until July 1918. In December of the same year, it was again used as a ferry. In 1925 it was sold to Greece and served as Elli Daskalaki, Elli Toyia and Euboea until 1937 when it was scrapped.

At a glance

Technical profile

Dimensions, armament and performance.

Dimensions

Size
697 t
Length
66,20 m
Beam
8,72 m
Draft
3,78 m

Armament

Weapons and mines
2 x revolver cannones; 170 mines

Performance

Machinery and speed
1430 shp, 13 kn

Construction record

Prinz Sigismund

Laid down
Howaldtswerke Kiel, 1899
Launched
24.04.1899
Commissioned
14.08.1914 (as mine layer)
Fate
scrapped 1937