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SS Princess Alice, formerly PS Bute, was a British passenger paddle steamer that sank on 3 September 1878 after a collision with the collier SS Bywell Castle on the River Thames. Between 600 and 700 people died, all from Princess Alice, the greatest loss of life of any British inland waterway shipping accident. No passenger list or headcount ...
Sold for service on the Thames in 1866 by the Watermans Company, eventually becoming part of the London Steamboat Co., renamed Princess Alice. Had a successful career on the Thames excursion trade from London until sinking with the loss of almost 700 lives on 3 September 1878. Albert Edward: 1865: 219.4 feet (66.9 m) x 20.2 feet (6.2 m)
On 3 September 1878, Bywell Castle collided with the paddle steamer Princess Alice in the River Thames at Becton, Middlesex. Princess Alice capsized and sank with the loss of more than 600 lives. [2] Both vessels were held to blame for the collision. [3] Hall Brothers appealed the verdict, and Bywell Castle was held blameless for the collision ...
In The Crown season 3, a journalist named John Armstrong writes a glowing article about Princess Alice, Queen Elizabeth's mother-in-law. In reality, that never really happened.
SS Princess Alice, formerly PS Bute, was a passenger paddle steamer that sank on 3 September 1878 after a collision with the collier Bywell Castle on the River Thames. Between 600 and 700 people died, all from Princess Alice, the greatest loss of life of any British inland waterway shipping accident. No passenger list or headcount was made, so ...
Colleagues, I ask for your comments on the SS Princess Alice (1865) article. The Princess Alice was a pleasure steamer that operated in the Thames in 1860s and 70s; In September 1878 she was hit by a coal carrier and sank in around four minutes. Between 600 and 700 people died.
A great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria, Princess Alice of Battenberg, the eldest child of Prince Louis of Battenberg and his wife Princess Victoria of Hesse, was born in Windsor Castle in 1885.
Princess Alice (Alice Maud Mary; 25 April 1843 – 14 December 1878) was Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine from 13 June 1877 until her death in 1878 as the wife of Grand Duke Louis IV. She was the third child and second daughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Alice was the first of Queen ...