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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