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This passenger vessel was built in 1910 by Bow McLachlan & Co., Paisley Scotland UK.
Historical Notes
On September 21, 1910 this vessel was sponsored by Mrs. Pritchard (daughter of the Manager of the CPR S.S. Lines.) In 1911 this vessel arrived in Victoria BC via the Straits of Magellan.
In 1911 this vessel was put on the Victoria-Nanaimo-Comox service.
In 1926 this vessel was cruising around Vancouver Island.
In 1929 this vessel damaged her propeller on Ripple Rock BC Canada. In May 1950 this vessel replaced the Motor Princess on the Sunday route in the Gulf Islands. This vessel called at every Gulf Island except South Pender Island.
In 1951 this vessel was retired and replaced by the Princess Elaine (which being larger required larger berthing facilities). Her upperworks had been moved ashore in 1952 by Island Tug & Barge Co. adjacent to their Victoria wharf and offices and converted into a coffee shop.
In 1952 this vessel was sold to Union Steamships Co. Ltd as a barge, superstructure removed to become a restaurant in Victoria BC Canada. On April 15, 1954 this vessel broke off tow from tug Chelan and sank off Cape Decision AK.
Owners & Masters
In 1910 she was owned by Canadian Pacific Railway Steamship Services, Montreal QC Canada.
In 1950 she was hulked and she was owned by Island Tug & Barge Co., Victoria BC Canada. Her upper deck was pulled ashore and turned into a coffe shop by Morris Greene. Run by Dusty Miller it was later a popular seafood restaurant.
Rebuilds
In 1913 she was lengthened and converted to oil fuel at Yarrows Ltd., Esquimalt BC 2155gt.
References
- Musk, George (1981)
- Transportation Safety Board of Canada (1993)
- Canada List of Shipping
- MacFarlane, John M. (1990) Capital Iron: Scrap dealers in Lotusland. In Resolution (Newletter of the Maritime Museum of British Columbia)
- Sooke Region Museum (1989)
- List of Shipping Casualties Resulting in Total Loss in British Columbia and Coastal Waters Since 1897 (undated manuscript document)
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