ROYAL PRINCE (3) was built in 1923 by Furness Shipbuilding Co. at Haverton-on-Tees with a tonnage of 7886grt, a length of 450ft 6in, a beam of 58ft and a service speed of 14.5 knots. Sister of the Imperial Prince she was completed as the LONDON COMMERCE for Furness, Withy & Co. and was laid up in the River Blackwater under that name in 1926. In 1928 she was overhauled at Cobh, transferred to Prince Line and renamed Royal Prince. She was laid up in the River Blackwater at Tollesbury in 1931 and remained there until May 1935 when she was sold with her sisters to T & J Harrison who renamed her Collegian. In September 1940 she was attacked by gunfire from U-32 when 320 miles west of Malin Head but managed to escape. After 12 years service with Harrison's she was broken up by BISCO at Milford Haven in 1947.
Official Number 146693