CELTIC PRINCE (1) was
built in 1917 by Short Bros. at Sunderland with a tonnage
of 8558grt, a length of 449ft 6in, a beam of 57ft 4in and
a service speed of 12 knots. Sister of the Gaelic Prince she
was completed in June 1918. After eight years service she
was sold to Deutsche Dampshiff Ges. 'Hansa' of Bremen in 1926
and renamed Schonfels. In May 1938 she was acquired by Hamburg
Sud Amerika Linie who changed her name to Bahia Blanca. On
9th December 1939 she sailed from Buenos Aires for Germany
and on 10th January 1940, when she was in the Denmark Strait,
she hit an iceberg and sank on the following day.
GOTHIC PRINCE (1) was
built in 1917 by Palmers Co. at Jarrow with a tonnage of 8552grt,
a length of 451ft 8in, a beam of 57ft 4in and a service speed
of 12 knots. Sister of the Gaelic Prince she remained with
the company until 15th March 1927 when she was sold to Deutsche
Dampshiff Ges. 'Hansa' of Bremen who renamed her Sonnenfels.
In September 1938 she was acquired by the Hamburg Sud Amerika
Linie and renamed Bahia Camerones. She was briefly requisitioned
by the German Navy in October 1939 as the Sperrbrecker 1 before
being returned to her owners on 30th July 1940. On 5th June
1941 she began conversion into a troopship and was commissioned
on the 9th July. On 12th January 1945 she was in a convoy
that was attacked by the British cruisers HMS Norfolk and
HMS Bellona and the destroyers HMS Onslow, HMS Onslaught and
HMS Orwell south of Eggersund in Norway. The Bahia Camerones
was wrecked and beached.
SLAVIC
PRINCE (1) was built in 1917 by Palmers Co. at Jarrow with
a tonnage of 8561grt, a length of 451ft 8in, a beam of 57ft
4in and a service speed of 12 knots. Sister of the Gaelic
Prince she was completed in October 1918 and remained with
the company until 1926 when she was sold to Deutsche Dampschiff
Ges. 'Hansa' of Bremen and renamed Rabenfels. In May 1938
she was sold to Hamburg Sud Amerika Linie who renamed her
Bahia Laura. On 14th October 1939 she undertook a blockade
breaking run from Buenos Aires to Hamburg where she arrived
on 5th December disguised as the Soviet ship Minsk. She was
requisitioned as a troop transport for Operation Sealion,
the invasion of Southern England, on 22nd August 1940 but
stood down on the following 4th December. On 25th April 1941
she began trooping to Norway and on 30th August, when bound
for Solven in the Lofoten Islands, she was torpedoed by the
British submarine HMS Trident with the loss of 450 lives.(Photo:
Hildebrand)
PERSIAN PRINCE (2) was
built in 1918 by Wm. Pickersgill & Sons at Sunderland
with a tonnage of 5685grt, a length of 405ft, a beam of 52ft
4in and a service speed of 11 knots. Completed in July 1918
she began service for the Shipping Controller with Prince
Line Ltd as managers. In 1933 she was sold to D. D. Stathatos
of Ithaca and renamed Ann Stathatos By 1946 she was owned
by A. D. Stathatos and in 1951 she was sold to Pala &
Franceschesini of Genoa who renamed her Cadore. She was broken
up at Yokohama in April 1959.
ARABIAN
PRINCE (2) was built in 1919 by Wm. Pickersgill & Sons
at Sunderland with a tonnage of 5764grt, a length of 405ft,
a beam of 52ft 4in and a service speed of 11 knots. Sister
of the Persian Prince she was delivered in January 1919. She
was sold to Turner, Brightman & Co. of London for operation
as the Zenada by the 'Z' Steam Ship Co. in 1927. In 1933 she
was acquired by Theofanos Maritime of Chios, with N. G. Livanos
as managers, and renamed Nestos. On 2nd April 1941, during
a voyage from New Orleans to Garston, she was wrecked in fog
on the Hoyle Bank at the entrance of the River Mersey after
being half a mile off course. (Photo: World Ship Society)
MANCHURIAN PRINCE was
built in 1913 by Robert Duncan & Co. at Port Glasgow with
a tonnage of 5119grt, a length of 405ft, a beam of 53ft and
a service speed of 10 knots. She was completed as the Ardgair
in May 1913 for Lang & Fulton's Ardgair Steamship Co.
of Glasgow and acquired by Prince Line in 1918 and renamed
Manchurian Prince. In 1933 she was sold to the Continental
Indies Shipping Co. of Bridgetown, Barbados and renamed Naana
for management by William A. Shaw of Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Two years later she was acquired by Atlantska Plovidba of
Susak who changed her name to Senga. In 1946 her owners were
restyled Jugoslavenska and the ship's name was changed to
Korcula. In April of the same year she was broken up at Hong
Kong.
GRECIAN PRINCE (2) was
built in 1918 by Short Bros. at Sunderland with a tonnage
of 5263grt, a length of 400ft, a beam of 52ft 5in and a service
speed of 10.5 knots. One of five vessels she was launched
on 28th August 1918 as the War Hind for the Shipping Controller
and when completed on 10th October was placed under the management
of the Ropner Shipping Co. Taken over by Prince Line and renamed
Grecian Prince in 1919 she was transferred to Warren Line
in 1924 when her name was changed to Savannah. In 1927 she
was sold to Ivo Racic's Atlanska Plovidba of Dubrovnik and
became the Nevesinje. When the Jugoslavenska Lloyd was formed
in 1928 she was one of the original 28 ships which made up
the fleet. On 8th September 1928 she grounded at Parda Point
in the Straits of Magellan during a voyage from Buenos Aires
to Coronel. Pulled free and beached on 5th November by Braun
& Blanchard of Valparaiso she was repaired during 1929
by Braun & Blanchard and renamed Coquimbo for operation
by their S. A. Commercial. In 1932 she was sold to Cia de
Nav. Interoceanica of Valparaiso who renamed her Valparaiso.
Three years later she was acquired by A. Barbarevic of Rijeka
who renamed her Prince Pavel and in 1942 was taken over by
Petrinovic & Co. as the Franka. In 1946, when the fleets
were nationalised, she was renamed Kordun by Dubrovacka Plovidba
of Dubrovnik and in 1955 her owners became Jugoslavenska Oceanska
Plovidba. On 30th October 1959 she arrived in Hong Kong where
she was broken up.
KOREAN PRINCE was built
in 1918 by Bartram & Sons at Sunderland with a tonnage
of 4980grt, a length of 400ft, a beam of 52ft 5in and a service
speed of 10.5 knots. Sister of the Grecian Prince she was
built as the Hindustan for Common Bros. of Newcastle and acquired
by Prince Line in 1918 and renamed Korean Prince. She was
sold to D. J. Pateras & Sons of Chios in 1934 and renamed
Diamantis. On 3rd October 1939 she was torpedoed by U-35 off
Land's Ends.
SPARTAN PRINCE (2) was
built in 1919 by Earl's Co. at Hull with a tonnage of 5247grt,
a length of 400ft 5in, a beam of 52ft 2in and a service speed
of 10.5 knots. Sister of the Grecian Prince she was completed
on 11th January 1919 as the War Shark for the Shipping Controller
and taken over by Furness Withy and renamed Spartan Prince
for Prince Line Ltd. In 1923 she was transferred to Warren
Line (Liverpool) Ltd and renamed Bay State. She was sold to
D. D. Strathatos of Piraeus in 1928 and renamed Eleni Strathatos.
On 28th October 1929 she was wrecked on Fernando Noronha during
a voyage from Swansea to Ibicuy.
TROJAN PRINCE (2) was
built in 1918 by Bartram & Sons at Sunderland with a tonnage
of 5226grt, a length of 400ft, a beam of 52ft 5in and a service
speed of 10.5 knots. The first of ten standard ships built
by Bartram's she was launched on 27th May 1918 as the War
Perch for the Shipping Controller. Sister of the Grecian Prince
she completed her trials on 6th June and was delivered to
Prince Line as the Trojan Prince. In 1923 she was transferred
to Warren Line (Liverpool) Ltd and renamed Hoosac. She was
sold to Petrinovic & Co's Jugoslavenska Lloyd AD of Dubrovnik
and renamed Nemanja in 1930. On 8th April 1942 she was torpedoed
by U-84 when 195 west of Cape Sable.
TARTAR
PRINCE (2) was built in 1918 by Wm. Gray & Co. at West
Hartlepool with a tonnage of 5214grt, a length of 400ft, a
beam of 52ft 5in and a service speed of 10.5 knots. Sister
of the Grecian Prince she was completed in May 1918 as the
War Jackdaw for the Shipping Controller with Furness,Withy
& Co. as managers. In 1919 she was acquired by the Furness,
Withy subsidiary Peareth Steamship Co. of Newcastle and renamed
Tartar Prince. Five years later she was transferred to Prince
Line Ltd, retaining her name. She was sold to Societe Misr
de Nav. Maritime of Alexandria in 1933 and renamed Fostat.
In 1939 she was renamed Star of Luxor when she was acquired
by the Alexandria Steam Navigation Co. of Alexandria, the
Red Rose Line, with Watts Watts & Co. as managers. On
10th December 1941 she was torpedoed by U-130 off Rockall.
(Photo: FW Hawks)
ALGERIAN PRINCE was built
in 1919 by J. Priestman & Co. at Sunderland with a tonnage
of 3089grt, a length of 331ft 4in, a beam of 46ft 10in and
a service speed of 10 knots. She was laid down as the War
Isthmus for the Shipping Controller. Launched on 14th August
1919 she was delivered to Prince Line Ltd in the following
October as the Algerian Prince. In 1936 she was sold for £17,500
to Societe Algerienne de Navigation pour L'Afrique du Nord
of Algiers, owned by Charles Schiaffino & Cie, and renamed
Louis Charles Schiaffino. She came under Vichy control in
July 1940 and on 26th February 1941 she was mistakenly sunk
by a German aircraft off the Algerian coast.
CYPRIAN
PRINCE (2)/MOORISH PRINCE (3) was built in 1919 by J. Blumer
& Co. at Sunderland with a tonnage of 3071grt, a length
of 331ft 4in, a beam of 46ft 10in and a service speed of 10
knots. Sister of the Algerian Prince she was laid down as
the War Planet for the Shipping Controller, launched on 29th
July and completed in the September as the Cyprian Prince.
In August 1936 she was renamed Moorish Prince to release the
name for a new building and then sold to Chas. Hill &
Sons' Bristol City Line who renamed her Gloucester City. She
became the Namaqualand when she was acquired by the South
African Lines of Cape Town in 1949 and, two years later, the
Kaderbaksh when sold to the United Oriental Steam Ship Co.
of Karachi. In December 1961 she arrived at Gadani Beach,
Karachi where she was broken up. (Photo: R Sherlock)
SYRIAN
PRINCE (2)/WELSH PRINCE (4) was built in 1919 by J. L. Thompson
& Sons at Sunderland with a tonnage of 3072grt, a length
of 331ft 4in, a beam of 46ft 10in and a service speed of 10
knots. Sister of the Algerian Prince she was laid down as
the War Rock for the Shipping Controller and completed on
11th November 1919 as the Syrian Prince for Prince Line Ltd.
In 1936 she was renamed Welsh Prince to release the name for
a new building and then sold to Pasqual Mazella of Naples
who changed her name to Deo Mazella. On 8th September 1943
she was seized by the Germans at Venice and used to transport
supplies to troops in Jugoslavia and on 30th September was
sunk by Partizan forces near Sebenico. (Photo: John Clarkson
Collection)
EGYPTIAN PRINCE (3) was
built in 1903 by W. Dobson & Co. at Newcastle with a tonnage
of 507grt, a length of 164ft, a beam of 25ft and a service
speed of 9 knots. She was built as the Waterland for Furness,
Withy's Shipping & Coal Co. of London but transferred
to their Sheepvaart en Steenkolen Maas of Rotterdam. In 1921
she was renamed Egyptian Prince for Prince Line Ltd and in
the following year was sold to Khedivial Mail Steam Ship &
Graving Dock Co. of London who changed her name to Ramleh
for management by Lord Earnest Hamilton. She was sold on to
Ahmed Ibrahim El Kouedi of Alexandra in 1931 who renamed her
Lateef. By 1933 she was owned by Ovadia Israil Ovadia of Alexandria
with the same name and in 1946 reverted to Ramleh when she
was acquired by Trans Mediterranean Nav. Co. of Alexandria
with A. Tanielan as manager. She became the Shadwan in 1947
when under the ownership of N. Kyriacou of Alexandria before
reverting to Trans Mediterranean and being removed from the
register in 1980.
EGYPTIAN PRINCE (4) was
built in 1921 by Furness Shipbuilding Co. at Haverton Hill
with a tonnage of 4898grt, a length of 363ft 5in, a beam of
52ft 2in and a service speed of 11 knots. She was launched
as the Egyptian Prince but delivered to Wilhelm Wilmhelmsen's
A/S Norge Mexoco Gulf Linien of Tonsberg as the Louisiana
to replace a ship requisitioned by the Shipping Controller.
On 7th March 1927 she was sold to Ozean-Dampfer A. G. of Flensburg
and renamed Nord-Friesland. In 1930 she was transferred to
Norddeutscher Lloyd of Bremen and renamed Munster. She was
chartered to Hamburg-Sud Amerika Linen of Hamburg in 1935
and taken over by them in 1938 when she was renamed Corrientes.
When World War 2 broke out in September 1939 she was interned
at Las Palmas and taken over by the Spanish Government in
September 1942 and renamed Monte Moncayo. In 1944 she was
transferred to Naviera Aznar of Bilboa without a change of
name. She was renamed Tajuna when she was acquired by Maritima
Madrilena S. A. of Bilboa in January 1957. On 10th December
1957 she went aground at Mazarron during a storm and was broken
up at Cartagena in the following year.
LANCASTRIAN
PRINCE (2)/ITALIAN PRINCE (2) was built in 1921 by Furness
Shipbuilding Co. at Haverton Hill with a tonnage of 3478grt,
a length of 363ft 5in, a beam of 52ft 2in and a service speed
of 11 knots. Sister of the Egyptian Prince she entered service
in May 1921 as the Lancastrian Prince but was renamed Italian
Prince in 1922. On 7th September 1938 all 43 crew were saved
by other ships when she caught fire and was abandoned off
Cape Finesterre. (Photo: A Duncan)
EGYPTIAN
PRINCE (5) was built in 1922 by Furness Shipbuilding Co. at
Haverton Hill with a tonnage of 3490grt, a length of 363ft
5in, a beam of 52ft 2in and a service speed of 11 knots. She
was launched as Braziliana for Furness Withy but delivered
in May 1922 as the Egyptian Prince to replace the Egyptian
Prince (4) which never saw service with Prince Line. In 1946,
after surviving the war, she was sold to Cie des Bateaux du
Nord of Dunkirk and renamed Lorrain. Seven years later, in
1953, she was acquired by Soc. Monegasque de Transports Maritimes
of Monte Carlo and renamed Herculis. She was broken up in
Toulon during February 1960. (Photo: B Fielden)
LANCASTRIAN PRINCE (3)
was built in 1921 by Furness Shipbuilding Co. at Haverton
Hill with a tonnage of 3482grt, a length of 363ft 5in, a beam
of 52ft 2in and a service speed of 11 knots. Sister of the
Egyptian Prince she was completed in June 1921 as the Tunisiana
for Furness, Withy & Co. and transferred to Prince Line
Ltd as the Lancastrian Prince in 1922. In 1938 she was sold
to Cie des Bateaux du Nord of Dunkirk who renamed her Champenois
and on 19th April 1941 became a total loss when she ran aground
near Casablanca.
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SLAVIC
PRINCE (1) was built in 1917 by Palmers Co. at Jarrow with
a tonnage of 8561grt, a length of 451ft 8in, a beam of 57ft
4in and a service speed of 12 knots. Sister of the Gaelic
Prince she was completed in October 1918 and remained with
the company until 1926 when she was sold to Deutsche Dampschiff
Ges. 'Hansa' of Bremen and renamed Rabenfels. In May 1938
she was sold to Hamburg Sud Amerika Linie who renamed her
Bahia Laura. On 14th October 1939 she undertook a blockade
breaking run from Buenos Aires to Hamburg where she arrived
on 5th December disguised as the Soviet ship Minsk. She was
requisitioned as a troop transport for Operation Sealion,
the invasion of Southern England, on 22nd August 1940 but
stood down on the following 4th December. On 25th April 1941
she began trooping to Norway and on 30th August, when bound
for Solven in the Lofoten Islands, she was torpedoed by the
British submarine HMS Trident with the loss of 450 lives.(Photo:
Hildebrand) 
ARABIAN
PRINCE (2) was built in 1919 by Wm. Pickersgill & Sons
at Sunderland with a tonnage of 5764grt, a length of 405ft,
a beam of 52ft 4in and a service speed of 11 knots. Sister
of the Persian Prince she was delivered in January 1919. She
was sold to Turner, Brightman & Co. of London for operation
as the Zenada by the 'Z' Steam Ship Co. in 1927. In 1933 she
was acquired by Theofanos Maritime of Chios, with N. G. Livanos
as managers, and renamed Nestos. On 2nd April 1941, during
a voyage from New Orleans to Garston, she was wrecked in fog
on the Hoyle Bank at the entrance of the River Mersey after
being half a mile off course. (Photo: World Ship Society)
TARTAR
PRINCE (2) was built in 1918 by Wm. Gray & Co. at West
Hartlepool with a tonnage of 5214grt, a length of 400ft, a
beam of 52ft 5in and a service speed of 10.5 knots. Sister
of the Grecian Prince she was completed in May 1918 as the
War Jackdaw for the Shipping Controller with Furness,Withy
& Co. as managers. In 1919 she was acquired by the Furness,
Withy subsidiary Peareth Steamship Co. of Newcastle and renamed
Tartar Prince. Five years later she was transferred to Prince
Line Ltd, retaining her name. She was sold to Societe Misr
de Nav. Maritime of Alexandria in 1933 and renamed Fostat.
In 1939 she was renamed Star of Luxor when she was acquired
by the Alexandria Steam Navigation Co. of Alexandria, the
Red Rose Line, with Watts Watts & Co. as managers. On
10th December 1941 she was torpedoed by U-130 off Rockall.
(Photo: FW Hawks) 
CYPRIAN
PRINCE (2)/MOORISH PRINCE (3) was built in 1919 by J. Blumer
& Co. at Sunderland with a tonnage of 3071grt, a length
of 331ft 4in, a beam of 46ft 10in and a service speed of 10
knots. Sister of the Algerian Prince she was laid down as
the War Planet for the Shipping Controller, launched on 29th
July and completed in the September as the Cyprian Prince.
In August 1936 she was renamed Moorish Prince to release the
name for a new building and then sold to Chas. Hill &
Sons' Bristol City Line who renamed her Gloucester City. She
became the Namaqualand when she was acquired by the South
African Lines of Cape Town in 1949 and, two years later, the
Kaderbaksh when sold to the United Oriental Steam Ship Co.
of Karachi. In December 1961 she arrived at Gadani Beach,
Karachi where she was broken up. (Photo: R Sherlock) 
SYRIAN
PRINCE (2)/WELSH PRINCE (4) was built in 1919 by J. L. Thompson
& Sons at Sunderland with a tonnage of 3072grt, a length
of 331ft 4in, a beam of 46ft 10in and a service speed of 10
knots. Sister of the Algerian Prince she was laid down as
the War Rock for the Shipping Controller and completed on
11th November 1919 as the Syrian Prince for Prince Line Ltd.
In 1936 she was renamed Welsh Prince to release the name for
a new building and then sold to Pasqual Mazella of Naples
who changed her name to Deo Mazella. On 8th September 1943
she was seized by the Germans at Venice and used to transport
supplies to troops in Jugoslavia and on 30th September was
sunk by Partizan forces near Sebenico. (Photo: John Clarkson
Collection) 
LANCASTRIAN
PRINCE (2)/ITALIAN PRINCE (2) was built in 1921 by Furness
Shipbuilding Co. at Haverton Hill with a tonnage of 3478grt,
a length of 363ft 5in, a beam of 52ft 2in and a service speed
of 11 knots. Sister of the Egyptian Prince she entered service
in May 1921 as the Lancastrian Prince but was renamed Italian
Prince in 1922. On 7th September 1938 all 43 crew were saved
by other ships when she caught fire and was abandoned off
Cape Finesterre. (Photo: A Duncan) 
EGYPTIAN
PRINCE (5) was built in 1922 by Furness Shipbuilding Co. at
Haverton Hill with a tonnage of 3490grt, a length of 363ft
5in, a beam of 52ft 2in and a service speed of 11 knots. She
was launched as Braziliana for Furness Withy but delivered
in May 1922 as the Egyptian Prince to replace the Egyptian
Prince (4) which never saw service with Prince Line. In 1946,
after surviving the war, she was sold to Cie des Bateaux du
Nord of Dunkirk and renamed Lorrain. Seven years later, in
1953, she was acquired by Soc. Monegasque de Transports Maritimes
of Monte Carlo and renamed Herculis. She was broken up in
Toulon during February 1960. (Photo: B Fielden) 
