THE "PRINZESSIN."

Taranaki Daily News, 9 July 1919, Page 7

THE "PRINZESSIN."

A CAPTURED GERMAN BOAT. The following interesting particulars with regard to the troopship Prinzessin, by which several local boys returned from the war, are taken from the New Zealand Times:—

The troopship was laid up at Hamburg wheu the armistice was signed. With several other merchantmen, she was then handed over to the British Government. Prior to the war the vessel was running between German West Africa and German East Africa.

The Priihzessin's saloon quarters are rather elaborately finished. The..walls are panelled in marble, fastened with blass studded screws- - All the rooms are exceptionally lofty, ,t\nd the 1 furnishings are luxurious. Onei feature of the vessel is the impression, she gives of being rather narrow in beam, and, owing to being emptv, she rolled heavily in bad weather. The visitor, being in light trim, towers above the deck of her •berth at the Glasgow wharf. The Prinzessin is a steel twin-screw steamer of (1387 tons gross and 3697 tonir net, built in 190") and enpined liy Blolm and Voss, Hamburg, and was owned prior to the armistiee by the Dautsehe OstAfriJca Line. The following are her principal dimensio-s: Length 416 ft., breadth 50/t. 4in„ d-'-pth 2Sft. Slfc was registered in Hamburg, Germany.