Histoire
This passenger/freight vessel was built in 1903 by C.S. Swan & Hunter Ltd. in Wallsend-on-Tyme.
Notes historiques
On November 18, 1911 this vessel was sponsored by Mrs. Archer Baker (wife of the European Traffic Manager, CPR London UK).
In 1906 this vessel collided with and sank tug Chehalis in Burrard Inlet. In October 1906 this vessel ran onto a reef off Oak Bay BC Canada. The Salvor arrived from Esquimalt BC and pulled her off and towed her to Bullen's Shipyard.
In 1914 this vessel collided in fog with Alaska S.S. Co vessel Admiral Sampson (which sank). On August 26, 1914 the Admiral Sampson collided with the Princess Victoria inbound to Seattle WA in fog. The Admiral Sampson sank within five minutes with the loss of 16 persons. On March 10, 1953 this vessel sank after striking a rock in Welcome Pass (10 miles north of Sechelt) while under tow by the tug Sea Giant from Tahsis to Powell River. This vessel sank in deep water.
Propriétaires et capitaines
In 1903 she was owned by Canadian Pacific Railway Steamship Services, Montreal QC and arrived at Vancouver BC Canada.
In 1903 she entered Victoria - Vancouver service.
In 1934 used as a floating hotel at Newcastle Island, Nanaimo BC Canada.
In 1950 she was laid up in Victoria BC Canada.
In 1952 she was owned by the Tahsis Lumber Company, Vancouver BC Canada as a fuel barge.
In 1952 she was hulked.
Capitaines
Captain O.H.P. Rogers (1903); Captain Thomas Rippon; Captain Silas H. Ormiston; Captain J.T. Hamilton; Captain P.J. Hickey; Captain Robert Alexander Hunter; Captain Thomas S. Guns;
Reconstructions
In 1903 she departed Tyne without superstructure which was built by Robertson & Hackett, Vancouver. In 1929 she was rebuilt at Esquimalt BC as a car ferry carrying 50 vehicles, beam increased by 17' to 300' x 57.6' x 15.4' 3167gt.
Remotorisation
Engine removed
Références
- Musk, George (1981)
- Canada List of Shipping
- Taylor, G.W. (1986)
- List of Shipping Casualties Resulting in Total Loss in British Columbia and Coastal Waters Since 1897 (undated manuscript document)
- Wilson, Hill (2005) The Marine Pilots of Canada's West Coast
- recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca ↗ (website viewed 30/10/2025)
