The Prinz Udo was built in 1913 for the West African Planting Society Victoria. In the same year the boat was transported to Cameroon on the ship Hans Woermann . The Prince Udo was with a 35- hp - gasoline engine equipped as driving. The boat was intended for passenger traffic between the coastal towns of Victoria , Messellele (near Tiko ) and Duala .
When the First World War broke out in August 1914 , the boat was confiscated by the German protection forces for Cameroon . It was armed with a 3.7 cm ring cannon and served as a reconnaissance and command transmission boat for the protection forces. On September 13, 1914, the Prinz Udo was sunk by its own crew in the mouth of the Wuri River .
literature
Erich Gröner : The German Warships 1815-1945 Volume 7, Bernard & Graefe, Koblenz 1990, p. 217.
Individual evidence
^ Cameroon Post. No. 33, April 26, 1913, p. 3 ( online ).
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