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Princess Royal | Official Number
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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. “
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