side paddle, 2 cylinder oscillating steam engine, 140nhp
First owner
First port of register
Registration date
Wemyss Bay Railway & Steamboat Co.
Glasgow
Other names
1867 PRINCESS ALICE
Subsequent owner and registration history
1867 The Waterman's Steam Packet Co, London and renamed PRINCESS ALICE 1870 Woolwich Steam Packet Co, London 1875 London Steamboat Co, London
Vessel history
1870 251g, 158net
Remarks
End year
Fate / Status
1878
Collision 03/09/1878
Disposal Detail
3/9/1878 on an evening excursion near North Woolwich Pier she altered course into the path of SS Bywell Castle and was cut in two She sank in 4 minutes with the loss of over 650 lives, the worst Thames shipping disaster
Princess Alice.
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Princess Alice .
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Princess Alice.
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Princess Alice remains beached
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