PS Princess Alice

1878ShallowPaddle steamer

LocationThames, London

Year1878

DepthShallow

Size890 GRT

TypePaddle steamer

About PS Princess Alice

Cut in two by a collier after a day trip to Sheerness. Over 650 died, many overcome by sewage-polluted water from nearby outfalls. The worst British inland waterway disaster. It led to reforms of sewage disposal on the Thames.

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