SS Prince George
| History | |
|---|---|
| Canada | |
| Name: | Prince George |
| Builder: | Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd, Wallsend-on-Tyne |
| Commissioned: | 1910 |
| In service: | 1910-1945 |
| Out of service: | 1945 |
| Fate: | Burned in Ketchikan, Alaska and later towed to scrappers in Seattle[1] |
| Status: | scrapped 1945 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 3379 |
| Length: | 307.6 ft (93.8 m) |
| Draft: | 8 feet 6 inches (2.59 m) |
| Propulsion: | twin screw steamer |
| Speed: | 16-18 kn |
The Grand Trunk Steamship Prince George, and her sister ship the SS Prince Rupert, served the coast of British Columbia and Alaska.[2] Originally these vessels served regular runs from Seattle to Victoria, Vancouver, Prince Rupert and Stewart (all, except Seattle, being in British Columbia), Seattle and Victoria were dropped from the route after a few years and Skagway, Alaska, was added. Prince George served briefly as a Royal Canadian Navy hospital ship in 1914.[3] From 1925, ownership of both Princes was transferred along with the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway system to the Government of Canada to be operated as part of the Canadian National Railway. [4]
In 1910 Prince Rupert was beginning to develop into a city. Both the Prince ships were built in 1909. Prince George was completed three months later. By 1910 both ships began service on the coast of British Columbia.
In 1945 Prince George was lost after she caught fire and destroyed in Ketchikan, Alaska. Her sister ship survived and stayed in service till her retirement in 1956. After the loss of Prince George, CN put a contract for a second (new) Prince George. This ship was launched October 6, 1947, and placed in service on the Alaska route in June 1948.
References
- ↑ http://www.sitnews.us/Kiffer/SSPrinceGeorge/092010_ssprince_george.html
- ↑ Grand Trunk Pacific Steamship "Prince Rupert", Library Of Congress
- ↑ CFB Esquimalt, Navy and Military Museum. "First Aid, Nurses in the RCN, WWI". Retrieved 2007-07-21.
- ↑ Library and Archives Canada. "Grand Trunk Pacific Coast Steamship Company, Limited". Retrieved 2012-08-11.
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