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'PRINCESS ALICE'

Built by:Money Wigram & Son's, at Blackwall.
Yard No.
Launched:20th June 1869
Tonnage:94 48/94
Length:136 . 2 feet
Breadth:14 . 1 feet
Depth:7 feet
Machinery:50 osc
Decks:
Built of:Iron
Type:Paddle.
Registered:Portsmouth 1869 - Plymouth 1893 - Rochester 1897
Off Number:62175
Built for:Port of Portsmouth & Ryde United Steam Packet Co.
Other info:Having a 'three-quarter woman' head.
History:Launched by Miss Clarke, daughter of Mr. George Clarke of the Hard, Portsmouth.
1883. New engine and boiler. Engine. 10x18x12. Boiler 75psi by G. Napier of Southampton - converted to screw propulsion.
July 1887. Sold to James Thompson, Chatham.
1893. Sold to William Gannaway, Bitterne.
May 1908. Reg closed. Broken up by Clyde Salvage Co. Ltd. Glasgow.



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