Michigan's WW1 Centennial News Report January 2013 

January 2013

 The Cruise of the Kronprinz Wilhelm

A Polish Count, in the German Navy, who later lived in Grosse Pointe, Mi. Count Alfred von Niezychowski wrote a book about his experiences on the high seas during the first nine months of the war.

The gripping, powerful first account of the First World War German 'Mystery Cruiser' KRONPRINZ WILHELM, a four-funnelled passenger liner converted into a commerce raider. It describes the experiences and adventures of an Officer in the German Naval Reserve during the Historic 251-day Cruise of the Kronprinz Wilhelm. SS Kronprinz Wilhelm was a German passenger liner built for the Norddeutscher Lloyd, a former shipping company of the Hapag-Lloyd by the AG Vulcan shipyard in Stettin, in 1901. She took her name from Crown Prince Wilhelm, son of the German Emperor Wilhelm II, and was a sister ship of the SS Kaiser Wilhelm