Ship Details |
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Princess Victoria (II)Photo Credit: Unknown |
Registry #1 | 115953 (Canada) | Registry #2 | Registry #3 | ||
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IMO# | MMSI# | VRN# |
Name 1 | 1903 | Princess Victoria (II) | Name 6 | ||
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Name 2 | 1952 | Tahsis No. 3 | Name 7 | ||
Name 3 | Name 8 | ||||
Name 4 | Name 9 | ||||
Name 5 | Name 10 |
Year Built | 1903 | Place | Wallsend-on-Tyne | Area | Country | UK |
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Designer | (nk) | Measurement (imp) | 300' x 40.5' x 15.4' |
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Builder | C.S. Swan & Hunter Ltd. | Measurement (metric) | ?m x ?m x ?m |
Hull | Steel | Displacement | |
Gross Tonnage | 3167 | Type 1 | Passenger/Freight Vessel |
Registered Tonnage | 1538 | Type 2 | Barge |
Engine | 2 sets 4-cylinder Triple screw surface condensing engines | Engine Manufacture | R. & W. Hawthorne, Leslie & Co. Ltd. Newcastle UK |
Repower | Engine removed | Propulsion | Screw |
Rebuilds | 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. | Call Sign | VCDS |
Pendant # | Masters | 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; |
Owner(s) |
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In 1903 she was owned by Canadian Pacific Railway Steamship Services, Montreal QC and arrived at Vancouver BC. In 1903 she entered Victoria - Vancouver service. In 1934 used as a floating hotel at Newcastle Island, Nanaimo BC. In 1950 she was laid up in Victoria BC. In 1952 she was sold to Tahsis Lumber Company as a fuel barge. In 1952 she was hulked. |
Fate | Registry closed | Date | 1953-00-00 |
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Named Features | |
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Significance of Name |
Anecdotes |
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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 vesselran onto a reef off Oak Bay BC. 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. |
References |
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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; |
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