Name: | PRINCE ALBERT |
Type: | Passenger Ship |
Launched: | 23/09/1842 |
Completed: | 1842 |
Builder: | John Coutts |
Yard: | Low Walker |
Yard Number: | |
Dimensions: | 202grt, 140nrt, 154.3 x 18.5 x 10.3ft; (1856: 161grt, 161nrt, 154.4 x 19.6 x 9.2ft); |
(1858: 171grt, 116nrt, 154.4 x 19.6 x 9.2ft) | |
Engines: | 100nhp; (1856: None); (1858: 3cyl, 71nhp) |
Engines by: | Braithwaite; (1856: n/a) |
Propulsion: | Paddle; (1856: Sail, rigged as a schooner); (1858: 1 x Screw) |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | n/a; (1856: 15690) |
History: | |
14/11/1842 | John Milne & Frederick Braithwaite, London; registered at London |
05/09/1844 | Gravesend & Milton Steam Boat Co, London |
25/06/1853 | Peter Bruff, Ipswich; registered at Ipswich |
07/10/1854 | The Eastern Counties Railway Co, London; registered at London |
30/06/1856 | John Broughton, London; registered at London |
15/07/1863 | William Frederick De La Rue, London |
03/11/1863 | Stanley Henry Bigland, Shawbrook, Essex |
03/11/1863 | Thomas Edward Humbleton, Bermuda |
1864 | Richmond Importing & Exporting Co |
07/1864 | Sank |
Comments: | Indended for the London to Gravesend service |
Used on the Ipswich to Harwich service | |
c1856: Converted to a 3 x mast schooner | |
1858: Converted back to steam power. Engine built 1842 | |
03/11/1863: Purchased by Humbleton for selling Overseas | |
07/1864: Lost at Charleston, South Carolina |
Dundee Courier, Thursday 20th October 1864