Lady Alice Hill

Official No. 49725; Code Letters PBFW; Code Letters THVL.

Owners: H Andrews, Belfast; 1869 Dahlberg & Co, Lubeck-renamed Lubeck; 1877 Dampfschiff Gesells, Lubeck, Germany;  1887 Gaedertz, Sen & Co, Lubeck, Germany; 1896 Hemmes & Co, Pontianak, Holland-renamed Sri Pontianak; 1903-04 Carlowitz & Co, Hamburg, Germany-renamed King Wo.

Masters: 1871-86 J Lingloff; 1887-96 H Storm; 1897 G Giesche; 1898 Dalmage; 1898 Moss; 1899 Schuur; 1900-03 de Wyn.

Miscellaneous: In October 1868 the Lady Alice Hill was moored in the Abercorn basin. William McGregore, 21, had been working on the steamer & as he finished & walked along the pier he slipped, fell into the water & drowned. A verdict of accidental death was recorded but the coroner observed that there were not sufficient lamps along the pier; 27 May 1899 a father & son, Malayans, ran amok aboard the Sri Pontianak. The elder of the two, Anan, brandished a piece of steel at those sleeping aboard. He killed 3 men, a woman & a child, all Chinese & wounded about 13 people including his own son. The master killed the perpetrator with a shot from a revolver.

Throughout 1902 the Sri Pontianak was advertised for sale in the Straits Times. The advertisements stated she was able to carry 5,000 piculs of rice & travel at a speed of 8 or 9 knots. She was at this time sailing under the Dutch flag in regular trade between Singapore & Pontianak;

Voyages: 1867 Lady Alice Hill sailed between Dundrum, County Down & Whitehaven weekly; September 1903 Sri Pontianak from Singapore for Shanghai.