| Name: | ROYAL ALFRED |
| Launched: | 1865 |
| Completed: | 07/1865 |
| Builder: | WH Eltringham, South Shields |
| Yard Number: | 4 |
| Dimensions: | 180grt, 81nrt, 127.6 x 20.0 x 11.4ft; (1869: 180grt, 63nrt); |
| (1895: 180grt, 35nrt); (1896: 190grt, 151nrt, 126.9 x 20.5 x 11.1ft)) | |
| Engines: | 2 x SL1cyl (34 x 54ins), 98nhp; (1896: None) |
| Engines by: | JP Rennoldson, South Shields |
| Propulsion: | Paddle; (1896: Sail, rigged as a ketch) |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 29933 |
| History: | |
| 01/09/1865 | Robert H Brown, Liverpool; registered at Liverpool |
| 1869 | Edward Crewsden et al, Liverpool; registered at Liverpool |
| 1870 | United Steam Tug Co Ltd, Liverpool |
| 1894 | Alfred J Smith, Bristol |
| 1895 | Registered as a steam ship at Bristol |
| 1896 | Registered as a sailing vessel at Bristol |
| 07/01/1906 | Sank |
| Comments: | 25/07/1865: Satisfactory trial trip, speed 14.0knots |
| 1896: Purchased for £328 and converted to a sailing vessel | |
| Conversion cost an additional £847 | |
| 07/01/1906: Foundered in a gale while at anchor in Kingroad | |
| On a voyage from Newport to Lydney in the River Severn | |
| With a cargo of 260tons of flat steel billets |
Above painting is copyright of W Jack