Prince Albert (ship)
Several vessels have been named Prince Albert or Prins Albert:
- Prince Albert (1842) was a wooden steam paddle passenger vessel built at Walker-on-Tyne for service on the River Thames. Later, as a screw steamer she was a successful American Civil War blockade runner, but grounded in August 1864 entering Charleston Harbour the second time and was destroyed by Union gunfire.[1][2]
- HMS Prince Albert was to have been a 91-gun screw-propelled second rate. She was renamed HMS Princess Royal before her launch in 1853 and was sold in 1872.
- HMS Prince Albert (1864) was an iron screw turret ship launched in 1864 and sold in 1899.
- Prince Albert (1903) was a Belgian cargo steamer, launched on the Tyne in 1903. She struck a mine and sank in the North Sea on 30 July 1915.[3][4]
- Prince Albert II was a former name of the cruiseship Silver Explorer, built in Finland in 1989.
See also:
- Prins Albert (1937) was a Belgian cross-Channel ferry which was hired by the Admiralty in 1940 and served as the landing ship HMS Prins Albert between 1941 and 1946. She then returned to Ostend-Dover/Folkestone service until 1968.[5][6]
- Prins Albert (1977) was a Belgian cross-Channel roll-on/roll-off ferry operated between 1978 and 1998 between Ostend and Dover.[7][8]
References[edit]
- ^ Gaines, W. Craig (2008). Encyclopedia of Civil War Shipwrecks (PDF). Louisiana State University Press. pp. 153–154. ISBN 978-0-8071-3274-6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 August 2018.
- ^ "Prince Albert". Tyne Built Ships. Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
- ^ "Prince Albert". U-boat.net. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
- ^ "Prince Albert". Tyne Built Ships. Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
- ^ Colledge, J J (1970). Ships of the Royal Navy: Vol 2. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. p. 287.
- ^ Hasenson, Alec (1980). The History of Dover Harbour. London: Aurum Special Editions. p. 441. ISBN 0-906053-17-X.
- ^ Hasenson, Alec (1980). The History of Dover Harbour. London: Aurum Special Editions. p. 461. ISBN 0-906053-17-X.
- ^ "Prins Albert (7613882)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
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