| Name: | ALFRED |
| Launched: | 21/06/1856 |
| Completed: | 08/1856 |
| Builder: | Palmer Bros & Co, Jarrow |
| Yard Number: | 51 |
| Dimensions: | 123grt, 33nrt, 110.9 x 18.4 x 9.2ft |
| Engines: | L2cyl, 70nhp |
| Engines by: | JP Rennoldson, South Shields |
| Propulsion: | Paddle |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 16163 |
| History: | |
| 30/08/1856 | William Wright, South Shields; registered at Shields |
| 10/1858 | Unknown owner, Overseas |
| No further history known | |
| Comments: | 02/09/1856: Sailed from the Tyne for Constantinople |
| 10/1858: Sold to unknown owner at Constantinople | |
| Thanks to David Asprey for the above details | |
| Additional information from Russian sources suggests: | |
| by 1865: Renamed JULIA | |
| 1872: Renamed EKATERINA for Foksal et Cie, Galatz | |
| 1877: Renamed VZRYV for the Russian Navy | |
| 1887: Renamed ASEN for the Bulgarian Navy | |
| 1891: Converted into a sail training vessel | |
| 1904: Broken up | |
| Above details kindly translated by Andeas von Mach |
ALFRED leaving for Constantinople?. Painting by John Scott, dated approx 1856
The North & South Shields Gazette, Monday, June 23rd, 1856
ASEN as a sailing ship. Image courtesy of Andreas von Mach