Established in 1881 the Prince Line was founded by James Knott and by the time the Great War came along he owned 45 steamships which operated around the world. Almost half of his fleet was lost during the war, 21 ships in all. On Nov. 15, 1915 the Orange Prince was lost to a torpedo fired by SMS U-34. This ship was built as Strathmore in 1894, but in 1912 she was bought by Knott. 350' long and 3,578 GRT she could only make 10 knots.

At the time of her loss she was en route from Alexandria to Mudros with a general cargo. I was not able to find any details about the sinking, it seems she is just another ship lost to the war to end all wars. I don't know how many people survived, or who picked them up, but I do know three men lost their lives in the sinking.

The Prince Line was sold to Furness, Withy & Co. at the end of 1916, not because of the heavy losses they had sustained up to that point, but because Knott had lost two of his three sons in the war. One was killed in the Battle of Ypres and the other at the Somme. His third son was captured by the Germans and remained a PoW until the end of the war.