| Name: | PRINCESS ROYAL |
| Type: | Passenger/Excursion Vessel |
| Launched: | 05/1841 |
| Completed: | 06/1841 |
| Builder: | James Dowey |
| Yard: | North Shields |
| Yard Number: | |
| Dimensions: | 100grt, 39nrt, 86.3 x 16.7 x 9.6ft |
| Engines: | 2cyl, 45nhp |
| Engines by: | Messrs Wait, North Shields |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 8.0knots; (by 1860: Sail, rigged as a Schooner) |
| Construction: | Wood |
| Reg Number: | 18762 |
| History: | |
| 20/08/1841 | Isaac Bass, William Catt Jr, James Collins et al, Brighton; registered at Shoreham |
| 1842 | Henry Catt, Brighton |
| 26/04/1844 | Charles Thick, London; registered at London |
| 15/05/1845 | John Fuszard & Charles Coster, Southampton; registered at Southampton |
| 1845 | Unknown owner; registered at Jersey |
| 20/4/1847 | Thomas Dixon, Alderney and Thomas Jackson & Alfred Bean, Yorkshire |
| 1848 | Registered at Guernsey |
| by 1859 | Registered at Goole |
| by 1865 | Silvester Atkinson, Knottingley |
| 28/11/1874 | Missing |
| Comments: | 1841: Trading as Brighton & Shoreham Steam Co on Brighton-Arundel trips |
| 1847: For Government works on Alderney | |
| by 1860: Converted to sail power, rigged as a Schooner | |
| 28/11/1874: Called at St Michaels and subsequently reported missing | |
| On a voyage from St George in the Azores to the UK with a cargo of oranges | |
| Thought to have been lost in the Bay of Biscay |
PRINCESS ROYAL in 01/1867, after conversion to a Schooner. Painting by Reuben Chappell
Newcastle Courant, Friday, 04/06/1841
The Era, Sunday, 20/06/1841
Lloyd's List, Thursday, 11/03/1875