Premier (III)

Capacity 300 day passengers, staterooms for 79.

In 1892 this vessel collided with Willamette and was beached at Bush Point, towed to Victoria.

In 1902 this vessel made her 3000th voyage.

In 1907 this vessel was involved in a collision with CPR trans-Pacific steamer Tartar (both vessels heavily damaged). On December 03, 1908 the Charmer ran afoul of a fully loaded barge in tow of Bermuda in First Narrows, and ran ashore to save her. On hitting the beach the crew swung out the boats in preparation for evacuating the passengers and crew. The Chief Officer in one of the ship's boats sailed to a large coal barge alongside the Empress of Japan who brought the longshoremen and the barge back to the Charmer to unload her cargo. Two large kedge anchors were dropped astern and at low water the hole in her side was patched and the water pumped out. The Bermuda also suffered damage. THe barge this vessel was towing was owned by Macdonald, Marpole & Co. It was thought that the Charmer hit the barge first which swung her around toward the Bermuda.

In 1916 this vessel rammed and sank the CGS Quadra in fog off Nanaimo.

In 1933 this vessel served as a dressing room for bathers at Newcastle Island.

In 1935 this vessel was dismantled, the hull was burned at Albert Head, Victoria BC Canada. Scrapped and broken up. Registry closed December 31, 1935