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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