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Name: PRINCESS BEATRICE
Type: Passenger Ferry
Launched: 13/10/1888
Completed: 12/1888
Builder: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd
Yard: Jarrow
Yard Number: 614
Dimensions: 89grt, 56nrt, 115.0 x 16.1 x 6.3ft
Engines: 45nhp
Engines by: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 95528
History:
08/02/1889 Victoria Steamboat Association Ltd, London
1897 Victoria Steamboat Co, London
1897 Thames Steamboat Co (1897) Ltd, London
No later history known
Comments: Licenced to carry 473 x passengers
04/04/1892: Fined for carrying 664 x passengers
1909: Register closed


Above photo showing PRINCESS BEATRICE leaving Charing Cross Pier is courtesy of Leonard Bentley

London Evening Standard, Tuesday, 05/04/1892