Sketch by Mr. R.L. Stopford shows passing the Lighthouse.
Illustrated London News dated 13 January 1855
An item reported that she arrived in noon Thursday [last] week at Queenstown coming from Plymouth in less than 40 hours. Commanding officer H. Keppel. Horsepower 600 hp. On board were already major general Henry Robinson-Montague 6th Baron Rokeby (2 February 1798-25 May 1883)and major general Henry William Sir Barnard (1799 Westbury, Buckingham-5 July 1857 Delhi, British India), horses and stores. In short time was the luggage and guard of the various drafts of 640 men from several regiments loaded brought by the steamship Prince. She departed 6.30 o’clock on Saturday morning, top-gallant masts lowered and with 1,700 men on board. The Crimean War found place between 16 October 1853-30 March 1856 between Ottoman Empire, France, United Kingdom and Sardinia at one side and Russia and Greece on the other side. The British Government chartered a large number of merchant ships for transporting troops and stores.
Building ordered on 15 February 1851, laid down by Devonport Dockyard in June 1851, launched on 23 March 1853, commissioned on 21 May 1853, out of service on 13 September 1861 and sold to be broken up in January 1875. She was designed as answer on the French screw steam ship of the line Napoléon.
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