Wilhelm II, German Emperor despite appeals from the Allies. King George V wrote that he looked on his cousin as "the greatest criminal in history", but opposed Prime Minister David Lloyd George's proposal to "hang the Kaiser". President Woodrow Wilson of the United States opposed extradition, arguing that prosecuting Wilhelm would destabilize international order and lose the peace. Wilhelm first settled in Amerongen, where on 28 November he issued a belated statement of abdication from both the Prussian and imperial thrones, thus formally ending the Hohenzollerns' 400-year rule over Prussia. Accepting the reality that he had lost both of his crowns for good, he
Kaiser Friedrich III-class battleship Karl der Grosse" and "Kaiser Wilhelm II" were equipped with two of the 3-bladed screws on the outer shafts and a four-bladed screw that was in diameter on the center shaft. "Kaiser Friedrich III" had four Thornycroft and eight cylindrical boilers; "Kaiser Wilhelm II" had a similar arrangement, except the Thornycroft boilers were replaced by Marine-type boilers. "Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse" was equipped with four Marine and six cylindrical boilers, while "Kaiser Barbarossa" had four Thornycroft and six cylindrical boilers. "Kaiser Karl der Grosse" had two Marine boilers, two Marine double boilers, and six cylindrical boilers. The powerplants were rated