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