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The German armored cruiser S.M.S Prinz Adalbert under steam. Stationed in the Baltic Sea, Prinz Adalbert had run aground on January 24, 1915, and been torpedoed by the British submarine E.9 on July 2. On October 23 submarine E.8 torpedoed the battleship setting off an explosion in a magazine. Only three survived.
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S.M.S Prinz Adalbert
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Message datelined March 30, 1907, Ostsee, the Baltic Sea.

The German armored cruiser S.M.S Prinz Adalbert under steam. Stationed in the Baltic Sea, Prinz Adalbert had run aground on January 24, 1915, and been torpedoed by the British submarine E.9 on July 2. On October 23 submarine E.8 torpedoed the battleship setting off an explosion in a magazine. Only three survived.

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S.M.S Prinz Adalbert

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Message datelined March 30, 1907, Ostsee, the Baltic Sea.

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"The German armored cruiser S.M.S Prinz Adalbert under steam. Stationed in the Baltic Sea, Prinz Adalbert had run aground on January 24, 1915, and been torpedoed by the British submarine E.9 on July 2. On October 23 submarine E.8 torpedoed the battleship setting off an explosion in a magazine. Only three survived."

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S.M.S Prinz Adalbert

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Message datelined March 30, 1907, Ostsee, the Baltic Sea.

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Saturday, October 23, 1915

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October, 1915

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Prinz Adalbert, Prince Adalbert, Adalbert, 1915, October, 1915-10-23