Princess Royal

Official Number
none

The Princess Royal was barque built at Carmarthen in 1841. She was registered at Workington in 1846, owned by Bragg & Co. Two years later she was wrecked at Ilfracombe.

The Cumberland Pacquet and Ware’s Whitehaven Advertiser, Tuesday, 11th April, 1848, page 3;

“ ILFRACOMBE, April 1 – The barque Princess Royal, Sewell, of Workington, from the Mauritius for Bristol, (last from Cork), laden with sugar, went on shore at Mort Bay yesterday morning, at half-past four o’clock, during a dense fog, when a kedge and warp were carried out, but the ground swell being very heavy she drove upon the rocks, where she now lies, with the greater part of her keel and garboard strake beaten in; the crew, great part of her stores, and a small portion of her cargo have been saved. She has since become a total wreck. – The materials &c., saved from the barque, will be sold in a few days. “

Name
Year Built
Gross Tons
Length (feet)
Breadth (feet)
Depth (feet)
Masts
Figurehead
Stern
Lloyd's Classn.
Princess Royal
1841
317
 
 
 
3
 
 
12 years A1 

Sources :

  1. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1842-3: Princess Royal, barque, 317 tons, built Carmarthen 1841, YM in 1843, classed 12 years A1, owned by Phillipps, registered at Carmarthen, master Capt.D.Lewis, voyage Llanelly - Quebec, then Liverpool - Calcutta.
  2. Entry no.2 for 1846 in Workington Shipping Register 1839-55 (Ref.TSR/3/1 at Cumbria Record Office, Whitehaven) - "wrecked at Mort Bay, near Ilfracombe, 31st March 1848".
  3. Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1848-9: Princess Royal, barque, 317 tons, built Carmarthen 1841, YM in 1846, classed 12 years A1, owned by Bragg & Co., registered at London, master Capt.H.Sewell, voyage London - Cuba - annotated "Lost".
  4. Princess Royal was a popular name for vessels at this period. A Princess Royal was built at Whitehaven and another, belonging to Glasgow, was involved in the rescue of passengers from the emigrant ship Ann, of Limerick (see page for Hibernia).