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ISE Wreck Expedition 23rd - 28th August 2010 – SMS Prinz Adalbert & SMS Friedrich Carl
InnerSpace Explorers launches another exiting project to document two virgin shipwrecks wrecks in the Baltic Sea off the cost of Latvia.
SMS Prinz Adalbert & SMS Friedrich Carl were built for the German Navy 1901 / 1902 and both sunk during the attack on Libau 1914/15. (please see the story of the wrecks below) SMS Prinz Aldalbert has a confirmed position resting in 80 meters of water but is unexplored. It was found 2007. SMS Friedrich Carl is not found yet. ISE´s project leader Maxim Vasiljev is on the possession of coordinates that are very promising and will be confirmed during the expedition, by Sidescan Sonar as well as thru divers.
Even in this early state the project is drawing a lot of media attention, not only by the diving publications but also by German television. The story of the ships, their history as well as the major loss of live on the SMS Adalbert make this not only an exiting technical dive but also a adventurous dive into the European history of the early 20th century.
ISE is now offering an exclusive opportunity for solid technical divers to join this exciting event. ISE Training Director Maxim Vasiljev and ISE Founder Achim Schlöffel will lead the six day expedition to the wrecks in august of 2010.
Participation requires an advanced trimix certification (ISE Level 2 or similar). We expect highly motivated divers with a sense for exploration as well as excellent team building skills. The cost of the expedition is 2.100,00 Euro. This incl. boat, accommodation, food as well as all other expedition related costs. Not included are travel costs to Liepaja as this is up to the individual and might be shared by several individuals. Also not included is the gas, which might be brought along (Rebreather) or can be filled in Liepaja on extra cost, depending on the individual needs of the participants.
Please contact ISE Headquarter (hq @is-expl.com) for further information or booking.
Information on the wrecks: (source: Wikipedia)
SMS Prinz Adalbert
Career (German Empire) Kaiser
Name: Prinz Adalbert
Namesake: Prince Adalbert of Prussia
Builder: Kaiserliche Werft, Kiel
Laid down: April 1900
Launched: 22 June 1901
Commissioned: 12 January 1904
Fate: Torpedoed and sunk 23 October 1915
General characteristics
Class and type: Prinz Adalbert class
Displacement: 9,087t normal; 9,875t full load
Length: 415.33 ft (126.59 m)
Beam: 64.33 ft (19.61 m)
Draught: 25.5 ft (7.8 m)
Propulsion: 16,200 hp, three shafts
Speed: 20 knots (37 km/h)
Complement: 586
Armament: Four 8.2 in (21 cm) (2 × 2)
ten 5.9 in (15 cm) (10 × 1)
twelve3.45 in (8.8 cm) (12 × 1)
four 17.7 in (45 cm) torpedo tubes
Armor: 6 in (15 cm) in belt
8 in (20 cm) in turret faces
2 in (5.1 cm) - 3 in (7.6 cm) in deck
Seiner Majestät Schiff Prinz Adalbert was a German armored cruiser built in the early 1900s for the Imperial German Navy. Named after Kaiser Wilhelm II third son Prince Adalbert of Prussia. She was the lead ship of her class. Prinz Adalbert was built at Kiel Navy Dockyard. She was laid down in April 1900, and completed in January 1904, at the cost of 16,371,000 Marks. Upon commissioning, Prinz Adalbert served as a gunnery training ship.
Service history
At the start of World War I, Prinz Adalbert was assigned to III Scouting Group of the High Seas Fleet. In November 1914, she transferred to the Baltic Sea to conduct operations against the Russian Navy. On 24 January 1915, she ran aground near Steinort while on a mission to bombard the naval base at Libau. The ship was soon refloated.
On 2 July 1915, the British submarine E9 torpedoed and badly damaged Prinz Adalbert near Rozewie, but the ship was able to return to port.
On 23 October 1915, E8 torpedoed Prinz Adalbert 20 miles west of Libau. The magazine exploded and the ship sank immediately with the loss of 672 crew. There were only three survivors.
SMS Friedrich Carl
Career (German Empire) Kaiser
Name: Friedrich Carl
Namesake: Friedrich Carl von Savigny
Builder: Blohm & Voss, Hamburg
Laid down: April 1900
Launched: 21 June 1902
Commissioned: 12 December 1903
Fate: Mined and sunk 17 November 1914
General characteristics
Class and type: Prinz Adalbert class
Displacement: 9,087 long tons (9,233 t) normal
9,875 long tons (10,033 t) full load
Length: 415.33 ft (126.59 m)
Beam: 64.33 ft (19.61 m)
Draught: 25.5 ft (7.8 m)
Propulsion: 16,200 hp (12,100 kW), three shafts
Speed: 20 knots (37 km/h)
Complement: 586
Armament: Four 8.2 in (21 cm) (2 × 2)
ten 5.9 in (15 cm) (10 × 1)
twelve3.45 in (8.8 cm) (12 × 1)
four 17.7 in (45 cm) torpedo tubes
Armor: 6 in (15 cm) belt
8 in (20 cm) turret faces
2–3 in (5.1–7.6 cm) deck
Seiner Majestät Schiff Friedrich Carl was a German armored cruiser built in the early 1900s for the Kaiserliche Marine. She was the second ship of the Prinz Adalbert class. Friedrich Carl was built in Blohm & Voss shipyard in Hamburg. She was laid down in August 1901, and completed in December 1903, at the cost of 15,665,000 Marks.
Service history
Upon commissioning, Friedrich Carl escorted the passenger ship König Albert as she carried Kaiser Wilhelm II on a Mediterranean cruise. Friedrich Carl joined the fleet in May 1904. She decommissioned in March 1908, but recommissioned in March 1909 as a torpedo trials test ship.
Friedrich Carl's participation in World War I was quite short. In August 1914, she was undergoing a refit. By September, she was assigned to the Baltic Sea. On 17 November 1914, she struck two mines laid by Russian destroyers west of Memel (now known as Klaipėda). Friedrich Carl stayed afloat for several hours, allowing most of the crew to be rescued by the cruiser Augsburg. Friedrich Carl capsized and sank with the loss of only 8 crew.
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