 {|    |} ss princess alice , formerly ps bute, was a passenger paddle steamer. she was sunk in a collision on the river thames with the collier bywell castle off tripcock point in 1878 with the loss of over 650 lives, the greatest loss of life in any thames shipping disaster. ==early service== caird & company of greenock launched bute in 1865 for the wemyss bay railway company, for whom she plied between wemyss bay and rothesay. she was sold in 1867 to the waterman's steam packet co. on the river thames, who renamed her princess alice. she was sold again in 1870 t
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