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 Gotland Island. On 23 October 1915, E8 torpedoed Prinz Adalbert 20 miles west of Libau. The magazine exploded and the ship sank with the loss of 672 crew. There were only three survivors
