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style="width:25.5em;border-spacing:2px;"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;line-height:1.5em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:SMS_Prinz_Heinrich_in_port.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/24/SMS_Prinz_Heinrich_in_port.jpg/300px-SMS_Prinz_Heinrich_in_port.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="187" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/24/SMS_Prinz_Heinrich_in_port.jpg/450px-SMS_Prinz_Heinrich_in_port.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/24/SMS_Prinz_Heinrich_in_port.jpg/600px-SMS_Prinz_Heinrich_in_port.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5740" data-file-height="3576" /></a></span><div><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Prinz Heinrich</i></span> in port in 1902, probably while fitting-out</div> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Class overview</th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Preceded by</td><td><a href="/wiki/SMS_F%C3%BCrst_Bismarck" title="SMS Fürst Bismarck"><i>Fürst Bismarck</i></a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Succeeded by</td><td><a href="/wiki/Prinz_Adalbert-class_cruiser" title="Prinz Adalbert-class cruiser"><i>Prinz Adalbert</i> class</a></td></tr> <tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">History</th></tr> <tr><th height="30" colspan="2" style="background-color:#B0C4DE;text-align:left;padding-left:2px;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;"><span class="flagicon"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/War_Ensign_of_Germany_%281903%E2%80%931919%29.svg/47px-War_Ensign_of_Germany_%281903%E2%80%931919%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="47" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/War_Ensign_of_Germany_%281903%E2%80%931919%29.svg/70px-War_Ensign_of_Germany_%281903%E2%80%931919%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/War_Ensign_of_Germany_%281903%E2%80%931919%29.svg/94px-War_Ensign_of_Germany_%281903%E2%80%931919%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span><span style="padding-left:1em"><a href="/wiki/German_Empire" title="German Empire">German Empire</a></span></th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Name</td><td><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Prinz Heinrich</i></span></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Namesake</td><td><a href="/wiki/Prince_Heinrich_of_Prussia" class="mw-redirect" title="Prince Heinrich of Prussia">Prince Heinrich of Prussia</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Builder</td><td><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Kaiserliche_Werft_Kiel" title="Kaiserliche Werft Kiel">Kaiserliche Werft</a></i></span>, <a href="/wiki/Kiel" title="Kiel">Kiel</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Laid down</td><td>December 1898</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Launched</td><td>22 March 1900</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Commissioned</td><td>11 March 1902</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Decommissioned</td><td>27 March 1916</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Stricken</td><td>25 January 1920</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Fate</td><td><a href="/wiki/Ship_breaking" title="Ship breaking">Broken up</a>, 1920</td></tr> <tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">General characteristics</th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Type</td><td><a href="/wiki/Armored_cruiser" title="Armored cruiser">Armored cruiser</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Displacement</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Normal_displacement" class="mw-redirect" title="Normal displacement">Normal</a>: 8,887 <a href="/wiki/Tonne" title="Tonne">metric tons</a> (8,747 <a href="/wiki/Long_ton" title="Long ton">long tons</a>)</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Full-load_displacement" class="mw-redirect" title="Full-load displacement">Full load</a>: 9,806 t (9,651 long tons)</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Length</td><td>415.33 ft (126.59 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Beam</td><td>64.33 ft (19.61 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Draft</td><td>26.5 ft (8.1 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Installed power</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">15,694 <a href="/wiki/Horsepower" title="Horsepower">hp</a> (11,703 kW)</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">14 Dürr <a href="/wiki/Water-tube_boiler" title="Water-tube boiler">water-tube boilers</a></li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Propulsion</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">3 × <a href="/wiki/Triple-expansion_steam_engine" class="mw-redirect" title="Triple-expansion steam engine">triple-expansion steam engines</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">3 × screw <a href="/wiki/Propeller" title="Propeller">propellers</a></li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Speed</td><td>20 <a href="/wiki/Knot_(unit)" title="Knot (unit)">knots</a> (37 km/h; 23 mph)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Range</td><td>4,580 <a href="/wiki/Nautical_mile" title="Nautical mile">nmi</a> (8,480 km; 5,270 mi) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Complement</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">35 officers</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">532 enlisted men</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Armament</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 × <a href="/wiki/24_cm_SK_L/40" title="24 cm SK L/40">24 cm (9.4 in)</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">10 × <a href="/wiki/15_cm_SK_L/40_naval_gun" title="15 cm SK L/40 naval gun">15 cm (5.9 in)</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">10 × <a href="/wiki/8.8_cm_SK_L/30_naval_gun" title="8.8 cm SK L/30 naval gun">8.8 cm (3.5 in) SK L/30</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">4 × 45 cm (17.7 in) <a href="/wiki/Torpedo_tube" title="Torpedo tube">torpedo tubes</a></li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Armor</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Belt_armor" title="Belt armor">Belt</a>: 10 cm (3.9 in)</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Gun_turret" title="Gun turret">Turrets</a>: 15 cm (5.9 in)</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Deck_(ship)" title="Deck (ship)">Deck</a>: 5 cm (2 in)</li> </ul></td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><b>SMS <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Prinz Heinrich</i></span></b> was a unique German <a href="/wiki/Armored_cruiser" title="Armored cruiser">armored cruiser</a> built at the turn of the 20th century for the German <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Kaiserliche_Marine" class="mw-redirect" title="Kaiserliche Marine">Kaiserliche Marine</a></i></span> (Imperial Navy), named after <a href="/wiki/Kaiser_Wilhelm_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Kaiser Wilhelm II">Kaiser Wilhelm II</a>'s younger brother <a href="/wiki/Prince_Henry_of_Prussia_(1862%E2%80%931929)" title="Prince Henry of Prussia (1862–1929)">Prince Heinrich</a>. The second vessel of that type built in Germany, <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Prinz Heinrich</i></span> was constructed at the <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Kaiserliche_Werft_Kiel" title="Kaiserliche Werft Kiel">Kaiserliche Werft</a></i></span> (Imperial Shipyard) in <a href="/wiki/Kiel" title="Kiel">Kiel</a>, being <a href="/wiki/Keel_laying" title="Keel laying">laid down</a> in December 1898, <a href="/wiki/Ship_launching" class="mw-redirect" title="Ship launching">launched</a> in March 1900, and <a href="/wiki/Ship_commissioning" title="Ship commissioning">commissioned</a> in March 1902. <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Prinz Heinrich</i></span><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s design was a modification of the previous armored cruiser, <a href="/wiki/SMS_F%C3%BCrst_Bismarck" title="SMS Fürst Bismarck"><i>Fürst Bismarck</i></a>, and traded a smaller main battery and thinner armor for higher speed. All subsequent German armored cruisers were incremental developments of <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Prinz Heinrich</i></span>. </p><p><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Prinz Heinrich</i></span> served with the German fleet in home waters for just four years, from 1902 to 1906, when she was withdrawn from front-line service. During this period, she served as the <a href="/wiki/Flagship" title="Flagship">flagship</a> of the fleet's scouting forces, and she was primarily occupied with fleet training. The ship was out of service from early 1906 to mid-1908, when she was reactivated for use as a gunnery <a href="/wiki/Training_ship" title="Training ship">training ship</a>, a role she filled until late 1912. <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Prinz Heinrich</i></span> underwent modernization and conversion into a dedicated training ship in 1914, and the work was completed just before the outbreak of <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a> in July that year. </p><p>After the outbreak of war, the ship was reactivated for active service, initially with <a href="/w/index.php?title=III_Scouting_Group&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="III Scouting Group (page does not exist)">III Scouting Group</a> with the <a href="/wiki/High_Seas_Fleet" title="High Seas Fleet">High Seas Fleet</a>. <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Prinz Heinrich</i></span> was used for coastal defense in the <a href="/wiki/North_Sea" title="North Sea">North Sea</a> and she participated in the fleet sortie that supported the <a href="/wiki/Raid_on_Scarborough,_Hartlepool_and_Whitby" title="Raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby">Raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby</a> in December 1914. After the naval command determined that <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Prinz Heinrich</i></span> was too old to serve in the North Sea against the powerful British <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a>, she was transferred to the <a href="/wiki/Baltic_Sea" title="Baltic Sea">Baltic Sea</a> in early 1915. She supported offensive minelaying operations and patrolled the central Baltic for Russian forces, but never encountered hostile forces. She provided gunfire support during the attack on <a href="/wiki/Liep%C4%81ja" title="Liepāja">Libau</a> in May 1915 and shelled Russian positions during the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Gulf_of_Riga" title="Battle of the Gulf of Riga">Battle of the Gulf of Riga</a> in August. In the face of severe crew shortages in late 1915, <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Prinz Heinrich</i></span> had her crew reduced and was ultimately decommissioned and disarmed in March 1916. She thereafter served in a variety of secondary roles for the rest of the war, before being <a href="/wiki/Ship_breaking" title="Ship breaking">broken up</a> in 1920. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Design">Design</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SMS_Prinz_Heinrich&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Design"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:S.M._Grosser_Kreuzer_F%C3%BCrst_Bismarck_-_restoration,_borderless.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/S.M._Grosser_Kreuzer_F%C3%BCrst_Bismarck_-_restoration%2C_borderless.jpg/220px-S.M._Grosser_Kreuzer_F%C3%BCrst_Bismarck_-_restoration%2C_borderless.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="134" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/S.M._Grosser_Kreuzer_F%C3%BCrst_Bismarck_-_restoration%2C_borderless.jpg/330px-S.M._Grosser_Kreuzer_F%C3%BCrst_Bismarck_-_restoration%2C_borderless.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/S.M._Grosser_Kreuzer_F%C3%BCrst_Bismarck_-_restoration%2C_borderless.jpg/440px-S.M._Grosser_Kreuzer_F%C3%BCrst_Bismarck_-_restoration%2C_borderless.jpg 2x" data-file-width="11838" data-file-height="7225" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/SMS_F%C3%BCrst_Bismarck" title="SMS Fürst Bismarck"><i>Fürst Bismarck</i></a>, Germany's first armored cruiser; note the heavy military masts and dispersed secondary battery guns, both not repeated for <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Prinz Heinrich</i></span></figcaption></figure> <p><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Prinz Heinrich</i></span>, the second <a href="/wiki/Armored_cruiser" title="Armored cruiser">armored cruiser</a> built in Germany, was authorized under the <a href="/wiki/German_Naval_Laws" title="German Naval Laws">1898 Naval Law</a>, the first naval construction program begun under the direction of <a href="/wiki/Alfred_von_Tirpitz" title="Alfred von Tirpitz">Alfred von Tirpitz</a>, the State Secretary of the <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Reichsmarineamt" class="mw-redirect" title="Reichsmarineamt">Reichsmarineamt</a></i></span> (Imperial Naval Office).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHerwig28_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHerwig28-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The design for <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Prinz Heinrich</i></span> was prepared in the late 1890s while construction of the first vessel, <a href="/wiki/SMS_F%C3%BCrst_Bismarck" title="SMS Fürst Bismarck"><i>Fürst Bismarck</i></a>, was still underway.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHildebrand,_Röhr,_&_Steinmetz46–47_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHildebrand,_Röhr,_&_Steinmetz46–47-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some older naval historians, including Hugh Lyon and John Taylor, writing in 1979 and 1969, respectively, have stated that <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Prinz Heinrich</i></span> was intended for overseas service,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELyon255_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELyon255-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETaylor49_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETaylor49-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but <a href="/wiki/Aidan_Dodson" title="Aidan Dodson">Aidan Dodson</a> points out that the ship's <a href="/wiki/Hull_(watercraft)" title="Hull (watercraft)">hull</a> was not sheathed with wood and <a href="/wiki/Copper_sheathing" title="Copper sheathing">copper or zinc layers</a>, which would have been necessary for any ship deployed overseas where shipyard facilities would not be readily available. Dodson also noted that the ship never actually went abroad on an extended deployment.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDodson56_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDodson56-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The design staff based the new vessel on the basic design of <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Fürst Bismarck</i></span>, but for budgetary reasons the new ship's size was reduced by about 1,500 metric tons (1,500 long tons). Weight reduction was achieved in part by thinning the ship's armor layout, though advances in steel technology meant this was not actually a compromise and her armor layout was in fact significantly more effective than <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Fürst Bismarck</i></span><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s. <a href="/wiki/Krupp" title="Krupp">Krupp</a> had recently developed <a href="/wiki/Krupp_cemented_armor" class="mw-redirect" title="Krupp cemented armor">cemented armor plate</a>, which was considerably stronger than earlier <a href="/wiki/Harvey_armor" title="Harvey armor">Harvey armor</a>, so less of it could be used to achieve the same level of protection. In addition, the belt could be made taller, extending up to the main deck level, which protected more of the ship's interior. The ship's deck armor sloped down on the sides, where it was connected to the lower edge of the belt, which considerably strengthened the protection system by providing another layer of armor that would need to be penetrated before the ship's vitals could be damaged.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHildebrand,_Röhr,_&_Steinmetz46–47_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHildebrand,_Röhr,_&_Steinmetz46–47-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDodson56_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDodson56-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The armament was also significantly reduced to save weight and cost, from four heavy guns in two twin-<a href="/wiki/Gun_turret" title="Gun turret">gun turrets</a> to two guns, each in single turrets; she also received two fewer <a href="/wiki/Secondary_armament" title="Secondary armament">secondary guns</a> compared to <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Fürst Bismarck</i></span>. But rather than spreading the secondary battery along the length of the hull in <a href="/wiki/Casemate" title="Casemate">casemates</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sponson" title="Sponson">sponsons</a>, they were concentrated in a battery <a href="/wiki/Amidships" class="mw-redirect" title="Amidships">amidships</a>, which reduced the amount of the hull that needed to be protected with armor, further saving weight and allowing thicker armor to be concentrated in the battery. Further weight savings were achieved by adopting a smaller <a href="/wiki/Superstructure" title="Superstructure">superstructure</a> and discarding heavy military masts in favor of lighter pole masts. Her engines, however, were some 2,000 <a href="/wiki/Metric_horsepower" class="mw-redirect" title="Metric horsepower">metric horsepower</a> (2,000 ihp) more powerful, which produced a faster vessel.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHildebrand,_Röhr,_&_Steinmetz46–47_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHildebrand,_Röhr,_&_Steinmetz46–47-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDodson56_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDodson56-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The ship proved to be an influential design, and all subsequent German armored cruisers were developments of <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Prinz Heinrich</i></span>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHerwig28_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHerwig28-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In fact, the armor layout pioneered in <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Prinz Heinrich</i></span> provided the basis of all German <a href="/wiki/Capital_ship" title="Capital ship">capital ships</a> designed over the next forty years, including the final battleships of the <a href="/wiki/Bismarck-class_battleship" title="Bismarck-class battleship"><i>Bismarck</i></a> and <a href="/wiki/H-class_battleship_proposals" title="H-class battleship proposals">H-classes</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDodson56_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDodson56-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nevertheless, she was not without critics; <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Vizeadmiral" title="Vizeadmiral">Vizeadmiral</a></i></span> (<i>VAdm</i>—Vice Admiral) <a href="/w/index.php?title=Albert_Hopman&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Albert Hopman (page does not exist)">Albert Hopman</a> referred to the ship as "cheap, but bad" in his memoirs <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Logbuch eines Seeoffiziers</i></span> (Log of a Sea Officer). The naval historians Hans Hildebrand, Albert Röhr, and Hans-Otto Steinmetz regard Hopman's criticism as an exaggeration, pointing out that <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Prinz Heinrich</i></span> compared well to foreign contemporaries like the French <a href="/wiki/French_cruiser_Desaix" title="French cruiser Desaix"><i>Desaix</i></a>, the Russian <a href="/wiki/Russian_cruiser_Bayan_(1900)" title="Russian cruiser Bayan (1900)"><i>Bayan</i></a>, and the Italian <a href="/wiki/Italian_cruiser_Giuseppe_Garibaldi_(1899)" title="Italian cruiser Giuseppe Garibaldi (1899)"><i>Giuseppe Garibaldi</i></a>, though she was inferior to British designs. She nevertheless spent only four years in active service in peacetime before being replaced with newer, more powerful cruisers.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHildebrand,_Röhr,_&_Steinmetz47_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHildebrand,_Röhr,_&_Steinmetz47-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Dimensions_and_machinery">Dimensions and machinery</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SMS_Prinz_Heinrich&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Dimensions and machinery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Prinz_Heinrich_linedrawing.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Prinz_Heinrich_linedrawing.png/220px-Prinz_Heinrich_linedrawing.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Prinz_Heinrich_linedrawing.png/330px-Prinz_Heinrich_linedrawing.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Prinz_Heinrich_linedrawing.png/440px-Prinz_Heinrich_linedrawing.png 2x" data-file-width="3299" data-file-height="1992" /></a><figcaption>Plan and profile drawing of <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Prinz Heinrich</i></span></figcaption></figure> <p><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Prinz Heinrich</i></span> was 124.9 meters (410 ft) <a href="/wiki/Length_at_the_waterline" class="mw-redirect" title="Length at the waterline">long at the waterline</a> and 126.5 m (415 ft) <a href="/wiki/Length_overall" title="Length overall">overall</a>. She had a <a href="/wiki/Beam_(nautical)" title="Beam (nautical)">beam</a> of 19.6 m (64 ft) and a <a href="/wiki/Draft_(hull)" title="Draft (hull)">draft</a> of 7.65 m (25.1 ft) forward and 8.07 m (26.5 ft) aft. The ship <a href="/wiki/Displacement_(ship)" title="Displacement (ship)">displaced</a> 8,887 <a href="/wiki/Tonne" title="Tonne">metric tons</a> (8,747 <a href="/wiki/Long_ton" title="Long ton">long tons</a>; 9,796 <a href="/wiki/Short_ton" title="Short ton">short tons</a>) as built, and 9,806 t (9,651 long tons; 10,809 short tons) at <a href="/wiki/Full-load_displacement" class="mw-redirect" title="Full-load displacement">full load</a>. The hull was constructed with transverse and longitudinal steel frames, and incorporated thirteen <a href="/wiki/Watertight_compartment" class="mw-redirect" title="Watertight compartment">watertight compartments</a> and a <a href="/wiki/Double_bottom" class="mw-redirect" title="Double bottom">double bottom</a> that extended for 57 percent of the length of the ship. The German navy considered the ship to be a good sea boat with gentle motion, though she suffered from severe roll. Her transverse <a href="/wiki/Metacentric_height" title="Metacentric height">metacentric height</a> was .731 m (2 ft 4.8 in). <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Prinz Heinrich</i></span> was crewed by 35 officers and 532 enlisted men. For the duration of her career as the second command flagship of the Cruiser Division, the standard crew was augmented by an additional nine officers and 44 enlisted men. She carried a number of smaller vessels, including two picket boats, a <a href="/wiki/Launch_(boat)" title="Launch (boat)">launch</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Pinnace_(ship%27s_boat)" title="Pinnace (ship's boat)">pinnace</a>, two <a href="/wiki/Cutter_(boat)" title="Cutter (boat)">cutters</a>, two <a href="/wiki/Yawl" title="Yawl">yawls</a>, and two <a href="/wiki/Dinghy" title="Dinghy">dinghies</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGröner49–50_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGröner49–50-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The ship was propelled by three vertical 4-cylinder <a href="/wiki/Triple_expansion_engine" class="mw-redirect" title="Triple expansion engine">triple expansion engines</a>; the center shaft drove a four-bladed screw 4.28 m (14 ft) in diameter while the two outer shafts drove 4.65-meter (15.3 ft) wide four-bladed screws. Fourteen Dürr <a href="/wiki/Water-tube_boiler" title="Water-tube boiler">water-tube boilers</a>, produced by <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Düsseldorf-Ratinger Röhrenkesselfabrik</i></span>, supplied steam to the engines at pressures up to 15 <a href="/wiki/Atmosphere_(unit)" class="mw-redirect" title="Atmosphere (unit)">standard atmospheres</a> (1,500 <a href="/wiki/Pascal_(unit)" title="Pascal (unit)">kPa</a>). The boilers were ducted into two <a href="/wiki/Funnel_(ship)" title="Funnel (ship)">funnels</a> amidships. The propulsion system was rated at 15,000 <a href="/wiki/Horsepower#Indicated_horsepower" title="Horsepower">indicated horsepower</a> (11,000 kW) and gave the ship a top speed of 20 <a href="/wiki/Knot_(unit)" title="Knot (unit)">knots</a> (37 km/h; 23 mph), though on <a href="/wiki/Sea_trial" title="Sea trial">sea trials</a>, <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Prinz Heinrich</i></span><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s engines reached 15,694 ihp (11,703 kW) but a top speed of only 19.9 kn (36.9 km/h; 22.9 mph). She was designed to carry 900 t (890 long tons; 990 short tons) of coal, though additional storage allowed up to 1,590 t (1,560 long tons; 1,750 short tons). This enabled a maximum range of 2,290 <a href="/wiki/Nautical_mile" title="Nautical mile">nautical miles</a> (4,240 km; 2,640 mi) at a speed of 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph) and 4,580 nmi (8,480 km; 5,270 mi) at a cruising speed of 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGröner49_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGröner49-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Armament">Armament</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SMS_Prinz_Heinrich&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Armament"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:SMS_Prinz_Heinrich_passing_the_Levensau_Bridge,_Arthur_Renard.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/af/SMS_Prinz_Heinrich_passing_the_Levensau_Bridge%2C_Arthur_Renard.png/220px-SMS_Prinz_Heinrich_passing_the_Levensau_Bridge%2C_Arthur_Renard.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="135" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/af/SMS_Prinz_Heinrich_passing_the_Levensau_Bridge%2C_Arthur_Renard.png/330px-SMS_Prinz_Heinrich_passing_the_Levensau_Bridge%2C_Arthur_Renard.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/af/SMS_Prinz_Heinrich_passing_the_Levensau_Bridge%2C_Arthur_Renard.png/440px-SMS_Prinz_Heinrich_passing_the_Levensau_Bridge%2C_Arthur_Renard.png 2x" data-file-width="794" data-file-height="489" /></a><figcaption><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Prinz Heinrich</i></span> in the <a href="/wiki/Kaiser_Wilhelm_Canal" class="mw-redirect" title="Kaiser Wilhelm Canal">Kaiser Wilhelm Canal</a>, passing the <a href="/wiki/Levensau_High_Bridge" title="Levensau High Bridge">Levensau High Bridge</a></figcaption></figure> <p><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Prinz Heinrich</i></span> was armed with a variety of weapons. Her <a href="/wiki/Main_battery" title="Main battery">primary armament</a> consisted of two <a href="/wiki/24_cm_SK_L/40" title="24 cm SK L/40">24 cm (9.4 in) SK L/40</a> quick-firing guns mounted in single turrets,<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> one on either end of the superstructure. These guns were supplied with 75 rounds each; they could depress to −4° and elevate to 30°, which enabled a maximum range of 16,900 m (18,500 yd).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGröner49_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGröner49-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The guns fired a 140 kg (310 lb) round at a <a href="/wiki/Muzzle_velocity" title="Muzzle velocity">muzzle velocity</a> of 835 m (2,740 ft) per second.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECampbell_&_Sieche140_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECampbell_&_Sieche140-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A secondary battery of ten <a href="/wiki/15_cm_SK_L/40_naval_gun" title="15 cm SK L/40 naval gun">15 cm (5.9 in) SK L/40</a> quick-firing guns rounded out her offensive armament. Six of these guns were mounted in amidships casemates on either side of the vessel, and the remaining four were mounted in turrets in the ship's hull above the casemates. These guns were supplied with 120 rounds each.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGröner49–50_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGröner49–50-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The shells weighed 40 kg (88 lb) and were fired at a muzzle velocity of 800 m (2,600 ft) per second. The guns could elevate to 25° for a maximum range of 13,700 m (15,000 yd).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECampbell_&_Sieche140_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECampbell_&_Sieche140-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The cruiser carried ten <a href="/wiki/8.8_cm_SK_L/30_naval_gun" title="8.8 cm SK L/30 naval gun">8.8 cm (3.5 in) SK L/30</a> quick-firing guns for defense against <a href="/wiki/Torpedo_boat" title="Torpedo boat">torpedo boats</a>. Each of these guns was supplied with 250 shells.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGröner49_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGröner49-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The shells weighed 7 kg (15 lb) and were fired at a muzzle velocity of 670 m (2,200 ft) per second. This enabled a maximum range of 7,300 m (8,000 yd) at an elevation of 20°.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECampbell_&_Sieche140_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECampbell_&_Sieche140-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The ship's gun armament was rounded out by four autocannons, though these were subsequently removed. The ship was also fitted with four 45 cm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes. One was mounted on the stern in a swivel mount, one was mounted submerged in the bow, and one was placed submerged in the hull on either side abreast of the forward gun turret.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGröner49–50_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGröner49–50-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Armor">Armor</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SMS_Prinz_Heinrich&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Armor"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Prinz Heinrich</i></span> was protected by <a href="/wiki/Krupp_armor" class="mw-redirect" title="Krupp armor">Krupp armor</a>. Her <a href="/wiki/Armor_belt" class="mw-redirect" title="Armor belt">armor belt</a> was 100 millimeters (3.9 in) thick in the central <a href="/wiki/Armored_citadel" title="Armored citadel">citadel</a> of the ship, which protected the ammunition magazines, machinery spaces, and other vital areas of the cruiser. The belt was reduced to 80 mm (3.1 in) on either end of the main belt, and the bow and stern were unarmored. The entire length of the belt was backed by equal thicknesses of <a href="/wiki/Teak" title="Teak">teak</a> planks. The armored deck was 35 to 40 mm (1.4 to 1.6 in) thick and was connected to the belt by 50 mm (2 in) thick sloped armor on the <a href="/wiki/Broadside_(naval)" title="Broadside (naval)">broadside</a>. The forward <a href="/wiki/Conning_tower" title="Conning tower">conning tower</a> had 150 mm (5.9 in) thick sides and a 30 mm (1.2 in) thick roof. The aft conning tower was much less thoroughly protected; it was covered by only 12 mm (0.47 in) of steel plating. The main battery gun turrets had 150 mm-thick sides and 30 mm-thick roofs. The 15 cm gun turrets had 100 mm-thick armor, while the casemated weapons were protected by 70 mm (2.8 in) <a href="/wiki/Gun_shield" title="Gun shield">gun shields</a>. The casemates themselves were armored with 100 mm worth of steel plating.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGröner49_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGröner49-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Service_history">Service history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SMS_Prinz_Heinrich&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Service history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Peacetime_career">Peacetime career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SMS_Prinz_Heinrich&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Peacetime career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:German_cruiser_Prinz_Heinrich_-_Page%27s_Magazine_1902.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/German_cruiser_Prinz_Heinrich_-_Page%27s_Magazine_1902.png/220px-German_cruiser_Prinz_Heinrich_-_Page%27s_Magazine_1902.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/German_cruiser_Prinz_Heinrich_-_Page%27s_Magazine_1902.png/330px-German_cruiser_Prinz_Heinrich_-_Page%27s_Magazine_1902.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/German_cruiser_Prinz_Heinrich_-_Page%27s_Magazine_1902.png/440px-German_cruiser_Prinz_Heinrich_-_Page%27s_Magazine_1902.png 2x" data-file-width="1710" data-file-height="931" /></a><figcaption><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Prinz Heinrich</i></span> in 1902</figcaption></figure> <p><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Prinz Heinrich</i></span> was <a href="/wiki/Keel_laying" title="Keel laying">laid down</a> on 1 December 1898 at the <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Kaiserliche_Werft_Kiel" title="Kaiserliche Werft Kiel">Kaiserliche Werft</a></i></span> (Imperial Shipyard) in <a href="/wiki/Kiel" title="Kiel">Kiel</a>. She was <a href="/wiki/Ship_launching" class="mw-redirect" title="Ship launching">launched</a> on 22 March 1900,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHildebrand,_Röhr,_&_Steinmetz47_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHildebrand,_Röhr,_&_Steinmetz47-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> when she was christened by <a href="/wiki/Princess_Irene_of_Hesse_and_by_Rhine" title="Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine">Princess Heinrich of Prussia</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the ship's namesake, her husband <a href="/wiki/Prince_Heinrich_of_Prussia" class="mw-redirect" title="Prince Heinrich of Prussia">Prince Heinrich of Prussia</a>, was present at the ceremony, and the <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Generalinspekteur_der_Marine" title="Generalinspekteur der Marine">Generalinspekteur der Marine</a></i></span> (General Inspector of the Navy), Admiral <a href="/wiki/Hans_von_Koester" title="Hans von Koester">Hans von Koester</a>, gave a speech. The ship was completed just under two years later, on 11 March 1902. She then began <a href="/wiki/Sea_trials" class="mw-redirect" title="Sea trials">sea trials</a> that lasted until June, at which point she joined the reconnaissance forces attached to I Squadron. She took part in the training activities in the squadron, including a training cruise in Norwegian waters from 8 to 20 July. In August, she escorted <a href="/wiki/Kaiser_Wilhelm_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Kaiser Wilhelm II">Kaiser Wilhelm II</a> aboard his <a href="/wiki/Yacht" title="Yacht">yacht</a> <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de"><a href="/wiki/SMY_Hohenzollern" title="SMY Hohenzollern">Hohenzollern</a></i></span> during a trip to meet <a href="/wiki/Czar" class="mw-redirect" title="Czar">Czar</a> <a href="/wiki/Nicholas_II_of_Russia" class="mw-redirect" title="Nicholas II of Russia">Nicholas II of Russia</a> in <a href="/wiki/Reval" class="mw-redirect" title="Reval">Reval</a>. <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Prinz Heinrich</i></span> next took part in fleet training in August and September, where she served as the <a href="/wiki/Flagship" title="Flagship">flagship</a> of <a href="/w/index.php?title=II_Scouting_Group&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="II Scouting Group (page does not exist)">II Scouting Group</a>, with included the <a href="/wiki/Light_cruiser" title="Light cruiser">light cruisers</a> <a href="/wiki/SMS_Niobe" title="SMS Niobe"><i>Niobe</i></a> and <a href="/wiki/SMS_Nymphe" title="SMS Nymphe"><i>Nymphe</i></a>. After the conclusion of the maneuvers on 18 September, the <a href="/wiki/Pre-dreadnought_battleship" title="Pre-dreadnought battleship">pre-dreadnought battleship</a> <a href="/wiki/SMS_Kurf%C3%BCrst_Friedrich_Wilhelm" title="SMS Kurfürst Friedrich Wilhelm"><i>Kurfürst Friedrich Wilhelm</i></a> was decommissioned for maintenance; the ship had been serving as the flagship of <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Konteradmiral" title="Konteradmiral">Konteradmiral</a></i></span> (<i>KAdm</i>—Rear Admiral) <a href="/w/index.php?title=Curt_von_Prittwitz_und_Gaffron&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Curt von Prittwitz und Gaffron (page does not exist)">Curt von Prittwitz und Gaffron</a>, the deputy commander of the squadron. While the ship was out of service, Prittwitz und Gaffron transferred to <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Prinz Heinrich</i></span>, though he remained there only briefly before he was replaced by <i>KAdm</i> <a href="/wiki/Ludwig_Borckenhagen" title="Ludwig Borckenhagen">Ludwig Borckenhagen</a> on 1 October. <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Prinz Heinrich</i></span> and the rest of the squadron ended the year with a winter training cruise, during which she tried to pull the new battleship <a href="/wiki/SMS_Wittelsbach" title="SMS Wittelsbach"><i>Wittelsbach</i></a> free on 17 December after she ran aground in the <a href="/wiki/Great_Belt" title="Great Belt">Great Belt</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHildebrand,_Röhr,_&_Steinmetz47–48_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHildebrand,_Röhr,_&_Steinmetz47–48-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 1900 Naval Law created the position of Commander of Scouting Forces, and Borckenhagen became the first person to fill the role. He therefore remained aboard <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Prinz Heinrich</i></span>, which became the flagship of the Reconnaissance Force on 1 March 1903. <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Prinz Heinrich</i></span>, the <a href="/wiki/Protected_cruiser" title="Protected cruiser">protected cruiser</a> <a href="/wiki/SMS_Victoria_Louise" title="SMS Victoria Louise"><i>Victoria Louise</i></a>, and the light cruisers <a href="/wiki/SMS_Amazone" title="SMS Amazone"><i>Amazone</i></a> and <a href="/wiki/SMS_Ariadne" title="SMS Ariadne"><i>Ariadne</i></a> conducted training maneuvers beginning in April. On 12 April, they were joined by the light cruiser <a href="/wiki/SMS_Medusa" title="SMS Medusa"><i>Medusa</i></a>; by 2 May they had also been joined by the light cruisers <a href="/wiki/SMS_Frauenlob" title="SMS Frauenlob"><i>Frauenlob</i></a> and <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Niobe</i></span>. The ships took part in the autumn fleet maneuvers in August and September, after which Borckenhagen was replaced by <i>KAdm</i> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Gustav_Schmidt_(admiral)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gustav Schmidt (admiral) (page does not exist)">Gustav Schmidt</a>. <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Prinz Heinrich</i></span> participated in the fleet training activities of 1903, which included a visit to Spain from 7 May to 10 August. During the cruise, she stayed in <a href="/wiki/Vigo" title="Vigo">Vigo</a>, Spain from 20 to 30 May. After returning to Germany, the fleet then conducted its annual training exercises, which concluded on 22 September. On 25 January 1904, <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Prinz Heinrich</i></span> went to help the Norwegian town of <a href="/wiki/%C3%85lesund" title="Ålesund">Ålesund</a> in the aftermath of a fire that had caused extensive destruction. In mid-1904, the new armored cruiser <a href="/wiki/SMS_Friedrich_Carl" title="SMS Friedrich Carl"><i>Friedrich Carl</i></a> joined the Reconnaissance Force. The typical autumn maneuvers took place in August and September, during which <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Prinz Heinrich</i></span> won the Kaiser's <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Schiesspreis</i></span> (Shooting Prize) for excellent accuracy for large cruisers. On 3 December, Schmidt transferred his flag to <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Friedrich Carl</i></span>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHildebrand,_Röhr,_&_Steinmetz48–49_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHildebrand,_Röhr,_&_Steinmetz48–49-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:SMS_Prinz_Heinrich_coaling.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/SMS_Prinz_Heinrich_coaling.jpg/220px-SMS_Prinz_Heinrich_coaling.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/SMS_Prinz_Heinrich_coaling.jpg/330px-SMS_Prinz_Heinrich_coaling.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/SMS_Prinz_Heinrich_coaling.jpg/440px-SMS_Prinz_Heinrich_coaling.jpg 2x" data-file-width="577" data-file-height="244" /></a><figcaption><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Prinz Heinrich</i></span> coaling from the <a href="/wiki/Collier_(ship)" title="Collier (ship)">collier</a> <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Hermann Sauber</i></span></figcaption></figure> <p>The year 1905 passed without incident, following the same routine as previous years. From 11 March to 20 June, <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Prinz Heinrich</i></span> again served as Schmidt's flagship, as <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Friedrich Carl</i></span> was occupied with escorting <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Hohenzollern</i></span> on a trip abroad. In early July, <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Prinz Heinrich</i></span> experimented with a new coaling apparatus; further tests were made with it in November and February 1906. She visited <a href="/wiki/Uddevalla" title="Uddevalla">Uddevalla</a> and <a href="/wiki/S%C3%B6dert%C3%A4lje" title="Södertälje">Södertälje</a> in Sweden in mid-1905. She had another stint as flagship from 10 to 26 August while <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Friedrich Carl</i></span> was in <a href="/wiki/Dry_dock" title="Dry dock">dry dock</a> for maintenance. On 1 October, the position of Deputy Commander of Scouting Forces was created, and <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Prinz Heinrich</i></span><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s commander, <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Kapit%C3%A4n_zur_See" class="mw-redirect" title="Kapitän zur See">Kapitän zur See</a></i></span> (<i>KzS</i>—Captain at Sea) <a href="/w/index.php?title=Raimund_Winkler&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Raimund Winkler (page does not exist)">Raimund Winkler</a> became the first to fill the role. In March 1906, the ship was removed from the reconnaissance forces, her place having been taken by <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Friedrich Carl</i></span>, which had in turn been replaced by the new armored cruiser <a href="/wiki/SMS_Yorck" title="SMS Yorck"><i>Yorck</i></a>. By this time, <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Prinz Heinrich</i></span> had spent just four years on active service with the fleet.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHildebrand,_Röhr,_&_Steinmetz49_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHildebrand,_Röhr,_&_Steinmetz49-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:German_Marine_School_on_%22Prinz_Heinrich%22_LCCN2014701613.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/German_Marine_School_on_%22Prinz_Heinrich%22_LCCN2014701613.jpg/220px-German_Marine_School_on_%22Prinz_Heinrich%22_LCCN2014701613.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/German_Marine_School_on_%22Prinz_Heinrich%22_LCCN2014701613.jpg/330px-German_Marine_School_on_%22Prinz_Heinrich%22_LCCN2014701613.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/German_Marine_School_on_%22Prinz_Heinrich%22_LCCN2014701613.jpg/440px-German_Marine_School_on_%22Prinz_Heinrich%22_LCCN2014701613.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5716" data-file-height="4160" /></a><figcaption>Training cadets on small arms aboard <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Prinz Heinrich</i></span></figcaption></figure> <p><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Prinz Heinrich</i></span> spent two years in reserve when she was reactivated on 15 May 1908 to replace the old gunnery <a href="/wiki/Training_ship" title="Training ship">training ship</a> <a href="/wiki/SMS_Mars_(1879)" title="SMS Mars (1879)"><i>Mars</i></a>. She went to <a href="/wiki/Sonderburg" class="mw-redirect" title="Sonderburg">Sonderburg</a> on 22 June, where the Naval Artillery Inspectorate was located. Over the next four years, <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Prinz Heinrich</i></span> largely remained in port where she trained gunners for the fleet until she was replaced by the armored cruiser <a href="/wiki/SMS_Prinz_Adalbert_(1901)" title="SMS Prinz Adalbert (1901)"><i>Prinz Adalbert</i></a> in October 1912. <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Prinz Heinrich</i></span> was decommissioned again on 31 October; a year later, in November 1913, the <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Reichsmarineamt</i></span> began exploring the possibility of converting the ship into a dedicated training vessel, and the naval command decided that it should still be possible to use the vessel as a warship in the event of an emergency. In early 1914, <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Prinz Heinrich</i></span> went into dry dock at the <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Kaiserliche Werft</i></span> in Kiel for the conversion. The arrangement of the searchlights was modified, the superstructure deck bulwark was removed, and the masts were modernized. Conversion work was completed just before the outbreak of <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a> in July 1914.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGröner49–50_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGröner49–50-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHildebrand,_Röhr,_&_Steinmetz49_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHildebrand,_Röhr,_&_Steinmetz49-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_War_I">World War I</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SMS_Prinz_Heinrich&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: World War I"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following the wave of declarations of war between the major European powers at the end of July and early August, Britain declared war on Germany on 5 August.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHerwig144_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHerwig144-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Prinz Heinrich</i></span> was reactivated for wartime service the same day, and she then went into the shipyard in Kiel for preparation work. She was then assigned to the defenses of the port in advance of an expected British attack on Kiel on 25–26 September. When that failed to materialize, <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Prinz Heinrich</i></span> was assigned to <a href="/w/index.php?title=III_Scouting_Group&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="III Scouting Group (page does not exist)">III Scouting Group</a>, part of the <a href="/wiki/High_Seas_Fleet" title="High Seas Fleet">High Seas Fleet</a>. From 8 November to 14 April 1915, <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Prinz Heinrich</i></span> was primarily occupied with guard duty in the <a href="/wiki/Jade_Bay" class="mw-redirect" title="Jade Bay">Jade Bay</a> and the river <a href="/wiki/Ems_(river)" title="Ems (river)">Ems</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHildebrand,_Röhr,_&_Steinmetz49_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHildebrand,_Röhr,_&_Steinmetz49-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During this period, she participated in the second major German offensive in the <a href="/wiki/North_Sea" title="North Sea">North Sea</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Raid_on_Scarborough,_Hartlepool_and_Whitby" title="Raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby">operation to bombard Hartlepool</a> on 15–16 December 1914. <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Prinz Heinrich</i></span>, along with <a href="/wiki/SMS_Roon" title="SMS Roon"><i>Roon</i></a> and a flotilla of torpedo boats, was assigned to the <a href="/wiki/Vanguard_(military_formation)" class="mw-redirect" title="Vanguard (military formation)">van</a> of the High Seas Fleet, commanded by Admiral <a href="/wiki/Friedrich_von_Ingenohl" title="Friedrich von Ingenohl">Friedrich von Ingenohl</a>. The main fleet was providing distant cover to Rear Admiral <a href="/wiki/Franz_von_Hipper" title="Franz von Hipper">Franz von Hipper</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Battlecruiser" title="Battlecruiser">battlecruisers</a>, which were conducting the bombardment.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEScheer69_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEScheer69-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the night of the 15th, the German battle fleet of some twelve <a href="/wiki/Dreadnought" title="Dreadnought">dreadnoughts</a> and eight <a href="/wiki/Pre-dreadnought" class="mw-redirect" title="Pre-dreadnought">pre-dreadnoughts</a> came to within 10 nmi (19 km; 12 mi) of an isolated squadron of six British battleships. However, skirmishes between the rival <a href="/wiki/Destroyer" title="Destroyer">destroyer</a> screens in the darkness convinced Ingenohl that he was faced with the entire <a href="/wiki/Grand_Fleet" title="Grand Fleet">Grand Fleet</a>. Under orders from Kaiser Wilhelm II to avoid risking the fleet unnecessarily, Ingenohl broke off the engagement and turned the battle fleet back toward Germany.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETarrant31–33_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETarrant31–33-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:SMS_Prinz_Heinrich_underway.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/SMS_Prinz_Heinrich_underway.jpg/220px-SMS_Prinz_Heinrich_underway.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="162" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/SMS_Prinz_Heinrich_underway.jpg/330px-SMS_Prinz_Heinrich_underway.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3e/SMS_Prinz_Heinrich_underway.jpg 2x" data-file-width="432" data-file-height="318" /></a><figcaption><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Prinz Heinrich</i></span> steaming at high speed</figcaption></figure> <p>After the operation, it was determined that the twelve-year-old <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Prinz Heinrich</i></span> had no place in operations against the powerful British Grand Fleet. Accordingly, on 12 April 1915, III Scouting Group was detached from the High Seas Fleet and the ships were transferred to the <a href="/wiki/Baltic_Sea" title="Baltic Sea">Baltic Sea</a> to operate against the Russian <a href="/wiki/Baltic_Fleet" title="Baltic Fleet">Baltic Fleet</a>. On 15 April, the ships arrived in Kiel, where they came under command of then-<i>KAdm</i> Hopman, the commander of scouting forces in the Baltic.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHildebrand,_Röhr,_&_Steinmetz49_15-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHildebrand,_Röhr,_&_Steinmetz49-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELyon255_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELyon255-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hopman was then in the process of planning a major attack on <a href="/wiki/Liep%C4%81ja" title="Liepāja">Libau</a> in conjunction with an attempt by the German Army to seize the city. The attack took place on 7 May, and consisted of <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Prinz Heinrich</i></span>, <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Roon</i></span>, and <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Prinz Adalbert</i></span>, the elderly <a href="/wiki/Coastal_defence_ship" title="Coastal defence ship">coast defense ship</a> <a href="/wiki/SMS_Beowulf" title="SMS Beowulf"><i>Beowulf</i></a>, and the light cruisers <a href="/wiki/SMS_Augsburg" title="SMS Augsburg"><i>Augsburg</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/SMS_Thetis" title="SMS Thetis"><i>Thetis</i></a>, and <a href="/wiki/SMS_L%C3%BCbeck" title="SMS Lübeck"><i>Lübeck</i></a>. They were escorted by a number of destroyers, torpedo boats, and minesweepers. The <a href="/w/index.php?title=IV_Scouting_Group&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="IV Scouting Group (page does not exist)">IV Scouting Group</a> of the High Seas Fleet was detached from the North Sea to provide cover for the operation. The bombardment went as planned, though the destroyer <a href="/wiki/SMS_V107" title="SMS V107"><i>V107</i></a> struck a mine in Libau's harbor, which blew off her bow and destroyed the ship. German ground forces were successful in their assault however, and took the city.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHalpern191–193_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHalpern191–193-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Prinz Heinrich</i></span> supported a minelaying operation off the coast of Finland over the course of 23–26 May. From 3 to 5 June, <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Prinz Heinrich</i></span> participated in a sortie into the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Finland" title="Gulf of Finland">Gulf of Finland</a>. She supported another minelaying operation from 20 to 23 June.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHildebrand,_Röhr,_&_Steinmetz49_15-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHildebrand,_Röhr,_&_Steinmetz49-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 1 July, the minelayer <a href="/wiki/SMS_Albatross_(1907)" title="SMS Albatross (1907)">SMS <i>Albatross</i></a>, escorted by the cruisers <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Roon</i></span>, <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Augsburg</i></span>, and <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Lübeck</i></span> and seven destroyers, laid a minefield north of <a href="/wiki/Bogsk%C3%A4r" title="Bogskär">Bogskär</a>. While returning to port, the flotilla separated into two sections; <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Augsburg</i></span>, <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Albatross</i></span>, and three destroyers made for <a href="/wiki/Rixh%C3%B6ft" class="mw-redirect" title="Rixhöft">Rixhöft</a> while the remainder of the unit went to Libau. <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Augsburg</i></span> and <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Albatross</i></span> were intercepted by a powerful Russian squadron commanded by Rear Admiral <a href="/wiki/Mikhail_Bakhirev" title="Mikhail Bakhirev">Bakhirev</a>, consisting of three armored and two light cruisers. Commodore <a href="/w/index.php?title=Johannes_von_Karpf&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Johannes von Karpf (page does not exist)">Johannes von Karpf</a>, the flotilla commander, ordered the slower <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Albatross</i></span> to steam for neutral Swedish waters and recalled <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Roon</i></span> and <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Lübeck</i></span>. <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Albatross</i></span> was grounded off <a href="/wiki/Gotland" title="Gotland">Gotland</a> and <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Augsburg</i></span> escaped, and the Russian squadron briefly engaged <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Roon</i></span> before both sides broke contact. Upon being informed of the situation, Hopman sortied with <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Prinz Heinrich</i></span> and <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Prinz Adalbert</i></span> to support Karpf. While en route, the cruisers encountered the British submarine <a href="/wiki/HMS_E9" title="HMS E9"><i>E9</i></a>, which scored a hit on <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Prinz Adalbert</i></span>. Hopman broke off the operation and returned to port with the damaged cruiser.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHalpern194–195_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHalpern194–195-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Canada%27s_sons_and_Great_Britain_in_the_world_war;_(1919)_(14585011217).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Canada%27s_sons_and_Great_Britain_in_the_world_war%3B_%281919%29_%2814585011217%29.jpg/220px-Canada%27s_sons_and_Great_Britain_in_the_world_war%3B_%281919%29_%2814585011217%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="145" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Canada%27s_sons_and_Great_Britain_in_the_world_war%3B_%281919%29_%2814585011217%29.jpg/330px-Canada%27s_sons_and_Great_Britain_in_the_world_war%3B_%281919%29_%2814585011217%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Canada%27s_sons_and_Great_Britain_in_the_world_war%3B_%281919%29_%2814585011217%29.jpg/440px-Canada%27s_sons_and_Great_Britain_in_the_world_war%3B_%281919%29_%2814585011217%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2144" /></a><figcaption><span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Prinz Heinrich</i></span> passing through the <a href="/wiki/Kaiser_Wilhelm_Canal" class="mw-redirect" title="Kaiser Wilhelm Canal">Kaiser Wilhelm Canal</a></figcaption></figure> <p>From 11 to 12 July, <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Prinz Heinrich</i></span> participated in a sortie toward <a href="/wiki/Gotska_Sand%C3%B6n" title="Gotska Sandön">Gotska Sandön</a>, though the Germans failed to locate any Russian warships. Another sweep into the central Baltic, between Libau and Gotland, took place on 1 to 2 August that again did not result in combat.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHildebrand,_Röhr,_&_Steinmetz49_15-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHildebrand,_Röhr,_&_Steinmetz49-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> German naval forces in the Baltic were reinforced by elements of the High Seas Fleet during the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Gulf_of_Riga" title="Battle of the Gulf of Riga">Battle of the Gulf of Riga</a> in early August 1915. The Germans sought to drive out the Russians in the Gulf of Riga and to lay defensive minefields that would prevent a Russian counterattack. The <a href="/wiki/Battleship" title="Battleship">battleships</a> of the I Battle Squadron were the primary force, though <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Prinz Heinrich</i></span> and the rest of the older vessels assigned to the Baltic fleet participated. On 10 August, <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Prinz Heinrich</i></span> and <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Roon</i></span> bombarded Russian defenses at <a href="/wiki/Zerel" class="mw-redirect" title="Zerel">Zerel</a>, on the southernmost tip of the <a href="/wiki/S%C3%B5rve_Peninsula" class="mw-redirect" title="Sõrve Peninsula">Sworbe Peninsula</a> on the island of <a href="/wiki/Saaremaa" title="Saaremaa">Ösel</a>. Several Russian destroyers were anchored off Zerel, and were caught unawares by the German bombardment. <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Prinz Heinrich</i></span> and <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Roon</i></span> damaged one of the destroyers during their attack. A combination of tenacious Russian defense and reports of British submarines in the area—proved by the torpedoing of the battlecruiser <a href="/wiki/SMS_Moltke" title="SMS Moltke"><i>Moltke</i></a> on 19 August—caused the German navy to break off the operation.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHalpern196–198_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHalpern196–198-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the meantime, <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Prinz Heinrich</i></span><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s boiler tubes were in need of replacement, so she was detached for repairs at Kiel, where she arrived on 11 August. Repairs were completed the following month, and she arrived back in Libau on 22 September. She took part in another minelaying sortie into the Baltic in the direction of <a href="/wiki/%C3%96stergarn" title="Östergarn">Östergarn</a> on 5–6 October. By this time, the German navy had begun to experience severe crew shortages, and so the <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Reichsmarineamt</i></span> decided to decommission older, less combat-capable vessels. On 10 November, <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Prinz Heinrich</i></span> left Libau for Kiel, where she arrived the following day. Her crew was reduced and she was assigned to the "Readiness Division" with <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Wittelsbach</i></span>, and she remained there until 27 March 1916, when she was decommissioned and disarmed. For the rest of the war, she served as a floating headquarters for Prince Heinrich, the commander in chief of naval forces in the Baltic. She was also used as a <a href="/wiki/Barracks_ship" title="Barracks ship">barracks ship</a> and a <a href="/wiki/Ship%27s_tender" title="Ship's tender">tender</a>. Beginning in 1918, she was also used to support the <a href="/w/index.php?title=U-Kreuzer_Flotilla&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="U-Kreuzer Flotilla (page does not exist)">U-Kreuzer Flotilla</a>. She was stricken from the <a href="/wiki/Naval_register" class="mw-redirect" title="Naval register">naval register</a> on 25 January 1920 and sold later that year. The ship was ultimately broken up for scrap at Audorf-Rendsburg.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGröner50_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGröner50-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHildebrand,_Röhr,_&_Steinmetz49–50_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHildebrand,_Röhr,_&_Steinmetz49–50-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SMS_Prinz_Heinrich&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Footnotes">Footnotes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SMS_Prinz_Heinrich&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Footnotes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> In Imperial German Navy gun nomenclature, "SK" (<span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">Schnelladekanone</i></span>) denotes that the gun is quick loading, while the L/40 denotes the length of the gun. In this case, the L/40 gun is 40 <a href="/wiki/Caliber_(artillery)" title="Caliber (artillery)">calibers</a>, meaning that the gun is 45 times as long as it is in <a href="/wiki/Caliber" title="Caliber">bore</a> diameter.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGrießmer177_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGrießmer177-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Citations">Citations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SMS_Prinz_Heinrich&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Citations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 20em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHerwig28-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHerwig28_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHerwig28_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHerwig">Herwig</a>, p. 28.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHildebrand,_Röhr,_&_Steinmetz46–47-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHildebrand,_Röhr,_&_Steinmetz46–47_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHildebrand,_Röhr,_&_Steinmetz46–47_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHildebrand,_Röhr,_&_Steinmetz46–47_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHildebrand,_Röhr,_&_Steinmetz">Hildebrand, Röhr, & Steinmetz</a>, pp. 46–47.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTELyon255-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELyon255_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELyon255_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFLyon">Lyon</a>, p. 255.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTETaylor49-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTETaylor49_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFTaylor">Taylor</a>, p. 49.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEDodson56-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDodson56_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDodson56_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDodson56_5-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDodson56_5-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFDodson">Dodson</a>, p. 56.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHildebrand,_Röhr,_&_Steinmetz47-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHildebrand,_Röhr,_&_Steinmetz47_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHildebrand,_Röhr,_&_Steinmetz47_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHildebrand,_Röhr,_&_Steinmetz">Hildebrand, Röhr, & Steinmetz</a>, p. 47.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEGröner49–50-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGröner49–50_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGröner49–50_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGröner49–50_7-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGröner49–50_7-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFGröner">Gröner</a>, pp. 49–50.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEGröner49-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGröner49_8-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGröner49_8-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGröner49_8-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGröner49_8-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFGröner">Gröner</a>, p. 49.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEGrießmer177-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGrießmer177_9-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFGrießmer">Grießmer</a>, p. 177.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTECampbell_&_Sieche140-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTECampbell_&_Sieche140_11-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTECampbell_&_Sieche140_11-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTECampbell_&_Sieche140_11-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFCampbell_&_Sieche">Campbell & Sieche</a>, p. 140.</span> </li> <li 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No. 36097. London. 23 March 1900. p. 10.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Times&rft.atitle=Naval+%26+Military+intelligencer&rft.issue=36097&rft.pages=p.-10&rft.date=1900-03-23&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASMS+Prinz+Heinrich" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHildebrand,_Röhr,_&_Steinmetz47–48-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHildebrand,_Röhr,_&_Steinmetz47–48_13-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHildebrand,_Röhr,_&_Steinmetz">Hildebrand, Röhr, & Steinmetz</a>, pp. 47–48.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHildebrand,_Röhr,_&_Steinmetz48–49-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHildebrand,_Röhr,_&_Steinmetz48–49_14-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHildebrand,_Röhr,_&_Steinmetz">Hildebrand, Röhr, & Steinmetz</a>, pp. 48–49.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHildebrand,_Röhr,_&_Steinmetz49-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHildebrand,_Röhr,_&_Steinmetz49_15-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHildebrand,_Röhr,_&_Steinmetz49_15-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHildebrand,_Röhr,_&_Steinmetz49_15-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHildebrand,_Röhr,_&_Steinmetz49_15-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHildebrand,_Röhr,_&_Steinmetz49_15-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHildebrand,_Röhr,_&_Steinmetz49_15-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHildebrand,_Röhr,_&_Steinmetz">Hildebrand, Röhr, & Steinmetz</a>, p. 49.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHerwig144-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHerwig144_16-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHerwig">Herwig</a>, p. 144.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEScheer69-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEScheer69_17-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFScheer">Scheer</a>, p. 69.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTETarrant31–33-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTETarrant31–33_18-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFTarrant">Tarrant</a>, pp. 31–33.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHalpern191–193-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHalpern191–193_19-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHalpern">Halpern</a>, pp. 191–193.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHalpern194–195-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHalpern194–195_20-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHalpern">Halpern</a>, pp. 194–195.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHalpern196–198-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHalpern196–198_21-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHalpern">Halpern</a>, pp. 196–198.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEGröner50-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGröner50_22-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFGröner">Gröner</a>, p. 50.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHildebrand,_Röhr,_&_Steinmetz49–50-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHildebrand,_Röhr,_&_Steinmetz49–50_23-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHildebrand,_Röhr,_&_Steinmetz">Hildebrand, Röhr, & Steinmetz</a>, pp. 49–50.</span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=SMS_Prinz_Heinrich&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCampbell_&_Sieche" class="citation book cs1">Campbell, N. J. M. & Sieche, Erwin (1986). "Germany". In Gardiner, Robert & Gray, Randal (eds.). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/conwaysallworlds0000unse_z3o0"><i>Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921</i></a>. London: Conway Maritime Press. pp. 134–189. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-85177-245-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-85177-245-5"><bdi>978-0-85177-245-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Germany&rft.btitle=Conway%27s+All+the+World%27s+Fighting+Ships+1906%E2%80%931921&rft.place=London&rft.pages=134-189&rft.pub=Conway+Maritime+Press&rft.date=1986&rft.isbn=978-0-85177-245-5&rft.aulast=Campbell&rft.aufirst=N.+J.+M.&rft.au=Sieche%2C+Erwin&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fconwaysallworlds0000unse_z3o0&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASMS+Prinz+Heinrich" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDodson" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Aidan_Dodson" title="Aidan Dodson">Dodson, Aidan</a> (2016). <i>The Kaiser's Battlefleet: German Capital Ships 1871–1918</i>. 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