She took the wrong sailing line and was hit by Bywell Castle; the point of the collision was the area of the Thames where 75 million imperial gallons (340,000 m3) of London's raw sewage had just been released. The practice of dumping at sea continued until December 1998. This was beached at low tide—2:00 am on 7 September—at Woolwich; while she was being pulled ashore, Bywell Castle steamed past, leaving London, but without her captain, who remained. [62], The first two weeks of Carttar's inquest were given over to the formal identification of the bodies, and visits to the wreck site to examine the remains of Princess Alice. Where are you coming to!". Her brother-in-law King Constantine I of Greece followed a neutrality policy despite the democratically elected government of Venizelos supporting the Allies. She was due to sail up to Newcastle to pick up coal bound for Alexandria, Egypt. Prince Andrew died before the end of the war – and before there had been an opportunity for him to reunite with Princess Alice. [22][b] He altered the ship's course, bringing her into the path of Bywell Castle. [49] The sinking was the worst inland disaster on water in the UK. [1][2] She entered service on 1 July 1865. Just out of a sanatorium I heard.”. When Rachel Cohen – the widow of Hamaiki Cohen, who had once assisted King George I of Greece – turned to Princess Alice for help, she did not hesitate to take Rachel and two of her children into her home, protecting them from being captured by the Gestapo. [58][d] The coffins all carried a police identification number, which was also attached to the clothing and personal items which were retained to aid later identification. When Andrew’s father King Constantine returned to the throne in 1920, the family moved back to Greece for a short while until they were once again forced into exile after the end of the Greco-Turkish War in 1922. She stayed in her adoptive country for the duration of the conflict – living in distinctly unregal properties – and worked tirelessly for the Red Cross up to and after the Axis occupation of Athens in 1941. Built in Greenock, Scotland, in 1865, Princess Alice was employed for two years in Scotland before being purchased by the Waterman's Steam Packet Co to carry passengers on the Thames. Princess Andrew’s dry, blunt wit is characteristic of another member of the Royal Family – her son, Prince Philip – and Princess Alice retained this sense of humour right up until her death. He found the vessel had broken into three sections—the fore, aft and boilers. Her daughter, Princess George of Hanover, complained this would be too distant a resting place to visit; “Nonsense,” replied Princess Alice. An additional 250 policemen were drafted in to help control the crowds. Victims' clothing also began to rot quickly and was discoloured after immersion in the polluted water. [16][17] The master of Princess Alice, 47-year-old Captain William Grinstead, allowed his helmsman to stay at Gravesend, and replaced him with a passenger, a seaman named John Ayers. In January 1949 Princess Alice set up the Christian Sisterhood of Martha and Mary – a nursing order of Greek Orthodox nuns.Yet she continued to play a part in the life of the British Royal Family – returning for Philip and Elizabeth’s wedding in 1947, and Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation in 1953. 4s 3d to take, The normal practice was accepted by mariners; a pamphlet clarifying the rules, with aids to memory in verse, was published as ", Some sources give the call as "Hoy hoy! Specific charges were laid against Captain Harrison, two of the crew members of Bywell Castle, and against Long, the first mate of Princess Alice; all had their licences suspended at the start of the hearing. Being about centre of the Reach, observed an excursion steamer coming up Barking Reach, showing her red and masthead lights, when we ported our helm to keep over towards Tripcock Point. Netflix's regal drama "The Crown" has shed light on the tragic, yet heroic, life of one of the lesser-known royals: Prince Philip's mother, Princess Alice of Battenberg. [74][75], The company that owned Princess Alice sued the owners of Bywell Castle for £20,000 compensation; the owners of Bywell Castle counter-sued for £2,000. Plans to raise the ship began on 5 September with a diver examining the wreckage. [i] The case was heard in the Admiralty Division of the High Court of Justice in late 1878. Her estrangement came to a bittersweet end in 1937 when her daughter Cecilie, Cecilie’s husband and her two children were killed in a plane crash in Ostend. Princess Alicce was a Hessian royal by birth and was a member of the Battenberg family, a morganatic branch of the House of Hesse-Darmstadt, a State of the Holy Roman Empire. Royal SHOCK: Prince Andrew ‘doesn’t mix with siblings’ Charles or Anne, Prince Harry interrupts six-week break to share ‘inspiring message’. Princess Alice, born on February 25, 1885, was the great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. On her homeward journey, at an hour after sunset on 3 September 1878, she passed Tripcock Point and entered Gallions Reach. After marriage, she styled her name after her husband as “Princess Andrew”. In February 1883 newspapers carried a final report: It is believed that the steamer Bywell Castle, which ran down the saloon boat Princess Alice, off Woolwich, some years ago, has been lost in the Bay of Biscay, in the gale which proved fatal to the Kenmure Castle. She was born in Windsor Castle and grew up in the UK, the German Empire and the Mediterranean. During the journey she called at Blackwall, North Woolwich and Rosherville Gardens; many of the Londoners on board were travelling to Rosherville to visit the pleasure gardens that had been built 40 years before. Here, we look at the astonishing events in Princess Alice’s life glossed over by The Crown and the part she plays in the newly-released third season. Took immediate means for saving life by hauling up over the bows several men of the passengers, throwing rope's-ends over all round the ship, throwing over four lifebuoys, a hold ladder and several planks, and getting out three boats, keeping the whistle blowing loudly all the time for assistance, which was rendered by several boats from shore and a boat from a passing steamer. [38], News of the sinking was telegraphed back to the centre of London, and soon filtered through to those waiting at Swan Pier for the steamer's return. Residents from both banks of the Thames, particularly the boatmen of local factories, launched vessels to rescue who they could. [INSIGHT]How Charles told Queen to ‘protect' monarchy over Andrew [ANALYSIS]Most astonishing jobs royal staff complete [PICTURES]. [13][19][a] As Bywell Castle had a raised forecastle, Dix did not have a clear view in front of him, so a seaman was placed on lookout. The couple married in Germany and lived together in Greece. [90], Coordinates: 51°30′38″N 00°05′25″E / 51.51056°N 0.09028°E / 51.51056; 0.09028, The loss of a paddle steamer on the River Thames in 1878, Dix had been a river pilot for 34 years. Princess Alice was struck on the starboard side just in front of the paddle box at an angle of 13 degrees; she split in two and sank within four minutes—her boilers separating from the structure as it sank. So began one of the darkest periods in the life of Princess Alice; in 1930 she suffered an acute nervous breakdown and was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, leading to Alice being separated from her family against her will and committed to a sanatorium in Kreuzlingen, Switzerland. [63] From 16 September the proceedings began to examine the causes of the collision. Bywell Castle moored at Deptford to await the action of the authorities and the inquest. The Marine Police Force were formed in 1798 to stop looting and corruption connected with trading on the river. As the London Steamboat Co. owned several ships, passengers could use their tickets interchangeably on the day, stopping off to travel on or back on different vessels if they wanted; for tickets from Swan Pier to Rosherville, the cost was two shillings. The family settled in a house on the outskirts of Paris, where Princess Andrew helped in a charity shop until for Greek refugees. [85] The Royal Albert Dock, which opened in 1880, helped to separate heavy goods traffic from smaller boats; this and global adoption of emergency signalling lights on boats both helped avoid future tragedies. When the fan favourite Netflix show The Crown returned to screens earlier this month, royal fans everywhere become enthralled about the enigmatic royal who had suffered acutely throughout her life. [18], The Mansion House fund for the victims had been opened by the Lord Mayor of London in the aftermath of the sinking;[81] by the time it closed it had raised £35,000, which was distributed among the victims' families. [53][54] The following day large crowds visited Woolwich again to view the raised section of Princess Alice. Princess Alice: Alice with her parents Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany and his wife, Princess Alice: Princess Alice was the mother of five children, including Prince Philip. Her gross registered tonnage was 1376, she was 254.2 ft (77.5 m) long and 32 ft (9.8 m) at the beam; her depth of hold was 19 ft (5.8 m). [27], The crew of Bywell Castle dropped ropes from their deck for the passengers of Princess Alice to climb; they also threw anything that would float into the water for people to hold. He reported back that there were still several bodies on board. [9], When Princess Alice was acquired by the Woolwich Steam Packet Company, the company made several alterations to the ship, including the installation of new boilers and making the five bulkheads watertight. Little, if any, of this was seen in the first two series of The Crown; Princess Alice was glimpsed only briefly, attending Philip and Elizabeth’s wedding wearing her nun’s habit. SS Princess Alice, formerly PS Bute, was a passenger paddle steamer that sank on 3 September 1878 after a collision with the collier Bywell Castle on the River Thames.Between 600 and 700 people died, all from Princess Alice, the greatest loss of life of any British inland waterway shipping accident.No passenger list or headcount was made, so the exact figure of those who died has never been known. The latter was the grand-daughter of Queen Victoria, who was present at the birth of Princess Alice. Princess Alice was in London for King Edward VII’s coronation in 1902 when she met Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark.
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