Name: | PRINCESS |
Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 1863 |
Completed: | 01/1864 |
Builder: | John Rogerson & Co |
Yard: | St Peter's, Newcastle |
Yard Number: | |
Dimensions: | 230grt, 146nrt, 164.8 x 22.7 x 9.7ft; (1871: 232grt, 102nrt) |
Engines: | 2 x SL1cyl (40 & 40 x 40ins),100hp |
Engines by: | Hawks, Crawshay & Sons, Gateshead |
Propulsion: | Paddle |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | 48660 |
History: | |
21/01/1864 | FB Sheppard, London |
1865 | HE Moss, Liverpool; renamed SPICY |
1866 | Peter Stuart et al, Liverpool |
1867 | Edward Jennings; registered at Poole |
1869 | Thomas Belbin et al, Poole |
1870 | John Francis D'Oyly, Walthamstow; registered at London |
No later history known | |
Comments: | 1867: For the Poole-Cherbourg-Portsmouth service |
Edward Jennings was the secretary of Poole & Cherbourg Steam Packet Co Ltd | |
16/06/1867: Arrived at Poole | |
07/1867: Major engine failure. Sent to Southampton for repairs | |
10/1868: Poole & Cherbourg Steam Packet Co Ltd in liquidation | |
1873: British registry closed. May have been sold overseas |
Shipping & Mercantile Gazette, Monday, 05/09/1864
Shipping & Mercantile Gazette, Monday, 14/08/1865