PRINCE ALFRED

PRINCE ALFRED WAS A WOODEN VESSEL OF 258 TONS BUILT IN 1862 BUILT BY DUTHIE’S AT ABERDEEN AND OWNED BY J T RENNIE, THE ABOVE PHOTO SHOWS HER BEING BUILT AND STILL ON THE STOCKS

SHE VISITED LYTLLETON 1876 PORT ADELAIDE WANGAROA 1877 AND IN  1872  ALSO VISITED PORT LOUISE. THERE WAS A LOT OF SHIPS CALLED 'PRINCE ALFRED'

 I AM NOT 100% SURE IF THIS IS THE PRINCE ALFRED THAT WAS CHARTERED BY SHAW SAVILL -  I WOULD THINK MAYBE NOT AS IT SEEMS A LARGISH VESSEL,  SO I  PUT THE INFORMATION HERE JUST FOR REFERENCE

  PRINCE ALFRED

PRINCE ALFRED WAS A BRITISH VESSEL BUILT IN SUNDERLAND IN 1852 AND WAS A SHIP OF 826/931 TONS.OFFICIAL NUMBER WAS 15,660
SHE SEEMED TO BE ON THE AUSTRALIAN- CHINA - INDIA ROUTE FOR MOST OF HER LIFE BETWEEN 1853 AND 1874. SHE HAD BEEN REGISTERED IIN PLYMOUTH,POOLE,BRISTOL AND LONDON
DURING HER LIFE TIME. BETWEEN 1853 AND 1878 SHE WAS OWNED BY POPE, BROS, THORNTON & WESTS, LONIE & CO, MILLS & CO AND A BEE.

THE SHIPS MASTERS WHO COMMANDED HER WERE CAPTAINS P. SMITH, W. BAUMAN, TREATT, G. HARPER, J. SPLATT, G. THIRKELL AND S BACON


NO ENTRY IN LLOYDS AFTER 1878 - MAYBE SOLD TO A FOREGN COMPANY OR WAS LOST . HER LAST UK SURVEY WAS IN DECEMBER 1870

PRINCE ALFRED

PRINCE ALFRED WAS A BARQUE OF 661 TONS. HER MASTER WAS CAPTAIN DURHAM.SHE LEFT SYDNEY ON JULY 16TH 1853 BOUND FOR CALCUTTA IN BALLAST ( VIA SINGAPORE ? OR FROM
SINGAPORE ? )

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