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Name: PRINCE ALBERT
Launched: 1840
Completed: 08/05/1840
Builder: Thomas Ellis, North Shields
Yard Number:
Dimensions: 46grt, 12nrt, 65.6 x 12.7 x 7.2ft; (1841: 52grt, 15nrt, 66.2 x 13.4 x 7.8ft);
(1858: 45grt, 9nrt, 68.3 x 14.3 x 7.5ft)
Engines: L1cyl, 28nhp
Engines by:
Propulsion: Paddle
Construction: Wood
Reg Number: 6248
History:
15/08/1840 Thomas Ellis, North Shields; registered at Newcastle
02/11/1840 William Thompson, Monkwearmouth
25/07/1844 Thomas Dawson, North Shields
16/09/1850 Registered at Shields
31/08/1858 Michael Thurlbeck & Samuel Harden, Sunderland; registered at Sunderland
27/04/1861 Wrecked
Comments: 1841: Rebuilt by Andrew Bell, North Shields
27/04/1861: Wrecked on Sunderland pier


Newcastle Journal, Monday, 29/04/1861