SS Kronprinzessin Cecilie was an ocean liner built in Stettin, Germany in 1906 for North German Lloyd that had the largest steam reciprocating machinery ever fitted in a ship at the time of constructi
Kronprinzessin Cecilie
The so-called "Vienna Café" on Kronprinzessin Cecilie
Kronprinzessin Cecilie at Bar Harbor, Maine with black funnel tops painted in order to imitate the British liner Olympic
Mount Vernon in a drydock in Brest for repairs after being torpedoed by U-82, September 1918.
SS Kaiser Wilhelm II
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SS Kaiser Wilhelm II was a Norddeutscher Lloyd Kaiser-class ocean liner. She was launched in 1902 in Stettin, Germany. In the First World War she was laid up in New York from 1914 until 1917, when the
SS Kronprinzessin Cecilie (1906)
…introduced in 1897 and was a great success. Her popularity prompted North German Lloyd to build three more superliners, namely Kronprinz Wilhelm (1901), Kaiser Wilhelm II (1903) and, finally, Kronprinzessin Cecilie. As designed the ship had 287 first-class, 109 second-class cabins and 7 compartments for steerage passengers…
Kaiser Wilhelm II, about 1905
First Class Drawing Room
The Steerage by Alfred Stieglitz
Postcard of Kaiser Wilhelm II