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Name: PRINCE ALBERT
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 19/12/1903
Completed: 01/1904
Builder: Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company
Yard: Willington Quay
Yard Number: 147
Dimensions: 1810grt, 1234nrt, 280.0 x 42.0 x 18.2ft
Engines: T3cyl (23, 37 & 61 x 39ins), 263nhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
01/1904 Océan Soc Anon Belge d’Armement & de Nav (L Dens & Cie), Antwerp
30/07/1915 Sank
Comments: 30/07/1915: Mined & sunk close to the Shipwash Light Vessel
On a voyage from the Tees to Bizerta with a cargo of pitch
Mine laid by U-Boat UC1 on 11/07/1915


Shields Daily News, Monday, 21/12/1903