PRINZ FRIEDRICH WILHELM ID 4063

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

Transport
Built 1907 - Launched October 21 1907


1. PRINZ FRIEDRICH WILHELM (Passenger Liner)
Owned and operated by North German Lloyd (NDL)
Took refuge August 1914 at Odda, Norway at the outbreak of World War I
Seized by Allied Maritime Council after the Armistice
Acquired by U.S. Navy 1918


2. USS PRINZ FRIEDRICH WILHELM ID-4063
Commissioned March 30 1919 - Decommissioned November 25 1919
Transferred November 25 1919 to United States Shipping Board


3. EMPRESS OF CHINA (Passenger Liner)
Chartered July 1920 by the Canadian Pacific Line
2 August 1921 renamed EMPRESS OF CHINA but never sailed with this name


4. EMPRESS OF INDIA (Passenger Liner)
Renamed EMPRESS OF INDIA several weeks later
Starting August 25, 1921, the SS Empress of India was briefly chartered to Cunard before returning to Canadian Pacific Line


5. MONTLAURIER (Passenger Liner)
Renamed to SS MONTLAURIER in 1923


6. MONTEITH (Passenger Liner)
Renamed to SS MONTEITH in June 1925, but she never sailed with this name


7. MONTNAIRN (Passenger Liner)
Renamed to SS MONTNAIRN in July 1925

Sold December 1929 for scrap. Scrapped in Genoa, Italy

 

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1     (1919)

 

Postmarks

This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each name and/or commissioning period. Within each set, the postmarks should be listed in order of their classification type. If more than one postmark has the same classification, then they should be further sorted by date of earliest known usage.

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

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Post Office Established May 1 1919 - Disestablished September 2 1919

 

NO PRINZ FRIEDRICH WILHELM POSTMARKS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME

DATE FROM to DATE TO

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Other Information

NAMESAKE - Former name retained

 

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