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PRINCE ALFRED
Shipbuildervessel built by
DUTHIE
(Footdee, Aberdeen)
Date1862
Object NameBARQUE
MediumWOOD
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 130 5/6' x breadth 23 5/6' x depth 13'
gross tonnage: 258 tons
gross tonnage: 258 tons
Object numberABDSHIP000539
Keywords
Official Number: 44431
Fate: unknown, last in Lloyd's 1878 (P620).
Propulsion: Sail
Description: 1 deck and a break poop, 3 masts, barque rigged, eliptical stern, demi male figurehead (altered to shield 1867).
Owners:
13/02/1862: Registered at Aberdeen for owners;
John Thomson Rennie, ship agent, 52 shares; James Wyllie, bookseller, 8 shares; John Forbes White, grain mechant, 4 shares (all Aberdeen).
20/01/1875: James Sim, Master, Prince Alfred empowered to sell the vessel at any port out of the UK for sum not less than £2500 within 18 months.
05/1878 sold to Norwegian owners
(Aberdeen Register of Shipping (Aberdeen City Archives))
Masters:
1863-68: Master A. Airth
1869-75: Master J. Sim
1876-78: Master T. Dormant
Voyages (Lloyd's Register):
1863-65: Aberdeen - Natal
1866-73: London - Natal
19/07/1865:
PRINCE ALFRED, barque, Captain Airth, arrived St. Katherine's Dock, London, 12 July, 59 days passage from Algoa Bay [Port Elizabeth].
(Aberdeen Journal)
11/04/1868:
Deal, April 10th - passed in tow, Cape of Good Hope to London, barque PRINCE ALFRED.
(Glasgow Herald)
