SS Princess Victoria
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| Operator: | Canadian Pacific Railway |
| Route: | Victoria, Vancouver and Seattle |
| Builder: | C.S. Swan and Hunter, Wallsend, Newcastle on Tyne, England |
| Christened: | 18 November 1902 |
| Fate: | sank 10 March 1953 |
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| Tonnage: | 1,943 GT |
| Length: | 300 feet (91 m) |
| Beam: | 40.5 feet (12.3 m) |
Steamship Princess Victoria was a luxury passenger ship built in 1902 and operated by the Canadian Pacific Railway Company. Subsequently converted into a bulk oil carrier under the name Tahsis No. 3, the ship struck a rock and sank on 10 March 1953.
Princess Victoria was built in Wallsend, Newcastle on Tyne, England, by the shipyards of C.S. Swan and Hunter Company. She was 300 feet (91 m) long, with a beam of 40.5 feet, 1,943 gross tons and three smokestacks. Christened on 18 November 1902, she arrived in Victoria, British Columbia on 28 March 1903. While the ship burned coal when it was built, Princess Victoria was converted to oil power in 1912. During her time in Victoria, Princess Victoria ran routes between Victoria, Vancouver and Seattle, Washington.
Princess Victoria was involved in a major accident on 26 August 1914, when she rammed and sank SS Admiral Sampson in Puget Sound during heavy fog.
Laid up in 1950, Princess Victoria was sold to Tahsis & Company of Vancouver in November 1951 and converted into a bulk oil carrier named Tahsis No. 3. Shortly after the conversion, the ship struck a rock on 10 March 1953 and sank in Welcome Pass, a narrow passageway north of Vancouver, British Columbia.
References
- "Liner Admiral Sampson Rammed and Sunk in Sound; Eleven Dead," The Seattle Star. Aug. 26, 1914. Page 1.
- Gaeng, Betty Lou. "The Sinking of the Admiral Sampson," The Sounder. Vol. 25, No. 2. Sno-Isle Genealogical Society, 2011. Retrieved Aug. 29, 2014.