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The Princess fleet is an eponym for the coastal vessels of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) in the first half of the 20th Century.[1] The names of these small ocean liners began with the title "Princess."
The ships of the British Columbia Coast Steamships came to be called "pocket liners" because they offered amenities like a great ocean liner, but on a smaller scale.[2] The CPR princesses were a coastal counterpart to CPR's "Empress" fleet of passenger liners which sailed on trans-Pacific and trans-Atlantic routes.[3]
James William Troup is credited with conceiving and building the Princess fleet. In 1913, 10 of the 12 Princess ships in the coastal fleet had been built to the orders of Capt. Troup.[4]
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| PRINCESSES OF THE CANADIAN PACIFIC STEAMSHIP FLEET | ||||||
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| Active Service | Vessel Name | Launch Date | Maiden Voyage | Other Names | Notes | Loss Date |
| Canadian Pacific Railway (1884–1915) | ||||||
| 1869 | Princess Louise | 1869 | 1869 | Olympia (1869–79) | 1906 | |
| 1888 | Princess May[5] | 1888 | 1888 | SS Arthur, 1888–1896; SS Cass, 1896; SS Ninghchow, 1896–1899; SS Hating, 1899–1901 | 1935 | |
| 1902 | SS Princess Patricia[6] | 1902 | 1902 | SS Queen Alexandra, 1902–1912 | 1937 | |
| 1903 | Princess Beatrice[7] | 1903 | 1903 | 1929 | ||
| 1903 | SS Princess Victoria[8] | 1902 | 1903 | 1952 | ||
| 1907 | SS Princess Ena[9] | 1907 | 1907 | 1936 | ||
| 1907 | Princess Royal[10] | 1907 | 1907 | 1933 | ||
| 1908 | SS Princess Charlotte[11] | SS Mediterranean, 1950–1965 | 1965 | |||
| 1910 | SS Princess Adelaide[12] | 1910 | 1910 | SS Angelika, 1949–1967 | 1967 | |
| 1910 | SS Princess Mary[13] | 1910 | 1910 | 1954 | ||
| 1911 | SS Princess Alice[14] | 1911 | 1911 | SS Aegaeon, 1949–1966 | Pacific coast, 1911–1949; Mediterranean, 1949–1966 | 1966 |
| 1912 | SS Princess Sophia[15] | 1911 | 1912 | Pacific coast, 1912–1918 | 1918 | |
| 1913 | SS Princess Maquinna[16] | 1912 | 1913 | 1962 | ||
| 1913 | Island Princess[17] | 1913 | 1913 | SS Daily 1913-1918, SS Cy Peck, 1930–1986 | 1986 | |
| 1914 | SS Princess Margaret[18] | 1914 | 1914 | 1929 | ||
| 1915 | SS Princess Irene[19] | 1914 | 1915 | converted minesweeper, blew up Sheerness 27.5.15 | 1915 | |
| Canadian Pacific Steamships Ocean Services Ltd. (1915–1971) | ||||||
| 1921[20] | SS Princess Louise[21] | 1921 | 1921 | 1990 | ||
| 1923 | SS Motor Princess[22] | 1923 | 1923 | SS Pender Queen, 1961–1981 | sold as a hotel at Saltspring Island, BC in 1981 | |
| 1925[20] | SS Princess Kathleen[23] | 1924 | 1925 | Pacific coast, 1925–1939; war years, 1939–1947; Pacific coast, 1947–1952 | 1952 | |
| 1925[20] | SS Princess Marguerite[24] | 1924 | 1925 | 1942 | ||
| 1928[20] | SS Princess Elaine[25] | 1927 | 1928 | floating restaurant, Seattle 1963-71 | 1976 | |
| 1928[20] | Princess Norah[26] | 1928 | 1928 | SS Queen of the North, 1955–1958; SS Canadian Prince, 1958–1964 | 1964 | |
| 1930[20] | SS Princess Elizabeth[27] | 1930 | 1930 | SS Pegasus, 1961–1973; SS Highland Queen, 1973–1976 | 1976 | |
| 1930[20] | SS Princess Helene[28] | 1930 | 1930 | SS Helene, 1963–1965; SS Carina II, 1965–1967; SS Carina, 1967–1977 | Bay of Fundy, 1930–1963 | 1977 |
| 1930[20] | SS Princess Joan[29][30] | 1930 | 1930 | SS Hermes, 1961–1974 | 1974 | |
| 1944 | SS Trailer Princess[31] | 1944 | 1944 | SS Coronis, 1944–1966 | ||
| 1945 | SS Princess of Alberni[32] | 1945 | 1945 | SS Pomare, 1948–1953; SS Nootka Prince', 1958-1959; SS Ocean Crown, 1959-1985 | 1985 | |
| 1946 | SS Yukon Princess[33] | 1945 | 1946 | SS West Princess, 1959; SS Rosita, 1959-1964 | 1964 | |
| 1949 | SS Princess Marguerite[34] | 1948 | 1949 | 1996 | ||
| 1949 | SS Princess Patricia[35] | 1948 | 1949 | 1989 | ||
| 1950 | MV Princess of Nanaimo[36] | 1950 | 1951 | MV Princess of Acadia, 1963-1971; MV Princess of Nanaimo, 1971-73; MV Henry Osborne, 1973-1974 | Pacific coast, 1949-1963; Bay of Fundy, 1963-1971 | 1974 |
| 1955 | MV Princess of Vancouver[37] | 1955 | 1955 | MV Vancouver Island Princess, 1987-1993; MV Nan Hai Ming Zhu, 1991-2001; MV Pearl of South China Sea, 2001- | Pacific coast, 1955-1990 | |
| 1971 | MV Princess of Acadia[38] | 1971 | 1971 | Bay of Fundy, 1971- | ||
See also
Notes
- ^ Hacking, Norman R. (1995). Prince Ships of Northern B.C.: Ships of the Grand Trunk Pacific and Canadian National Railways, p. 16 at Google Books; excerpt; "... creating the CPR's Princess fleet, of which the two largest vessels wer the Princess Victoria of 1903 and Princess Charlotte of 1908. See also Turner, Robert D. (1987). West of the Great Divide : an Illustrated History of the Canadian Pacific Railway in British Columbia, 1880-1986, p. 65.
- ^ Steamship Historical Society of America. (1940). Steamboat Bill (US), Vol. 54, p. 206.
- ^ Southall, A.E. (1907). Imperial year book for Dominion of Canada, p. 202 at Google Books; excerpt, "... in 1891, the far-famed "Empress" fleet was inaugurated."
- ^ Musk, George. (1981). Canadian Pacific: The Story of the Famous Shipping Line, p. 81.
- ^ Miramar Ship Index, SS Princess May, ID# 1109860
- ^ Miramar, SS Princess Patricia, ID# 1115685
- ^ Miramar, SS Princess Beatrice, ID# 1116405
- ^ Miramar, SS Princess Victoria, ID# 1115953
- ^ Miramar, SS Princess Ena, ID#1122387
- ^ Miramar, SS Princess Royal, ID#1121988
- ^ Miramar, SS Princess Charlotte, ID# 5523054
- ^ Miramar, SS Princess Adelaide, ID# 5501730
- ^ Miramar, SS Princess Mary, ID# 1126950
- ^ Miramar, SS Princess Alice, ID#5500364
- ^ Miramar, SS Princess Sophia, ID#130620
- ^ Miramar, SS Princess Maquinna, ID# 1133769
- ^ Miramar, SS Island Princess, ID# 2211501
- ^ Miramar, SS Princess Margaret, ID# 5603800
- ^ Miramar, SS Princess Irene, ID# 6104902
- ^ a b c d e f g h Fournier, Leslie Thomas. (1981). Railway Nationalization in Canada: the Problem of the Canadian National Railways, p. 203. at Google Books
- ^ Miramar, SS Princess Louise, ID# 1150555
- ^ Miramar, SS Motor Princess, ID# 5412959
- ^ Miramar, SS Princess Kathleen, ID#1150908
- ^ Miramar, SS Princess Marguerite, ID# 1150910
- ^ Miramar, SS Princess Elaine, ID# 1154739
- ^ Miramar, SS Princess Norah, ID# 5505983
- ^ Miramar, SS Princess Elizabeth, ID# 5272866
- ^ Miramar, SS Princess Helene, ID#5411515
- ^ Ships List, Princess Joan
- ^ Miramar, SS Princess Joan, ID# 5149124
- ^ Miramar, SS Trailer Princess, ID# 6118916
- ^ Miramar, SS Princess of Alberni, ID# 6121085
- ^ Miramar, SS Yukon Princess, ID# 1176046
- ^ Miramar, SS Princess Marguerite, ID# 5284900
- ^ Miramar, SS Princess Patricia, ID# 5284924
- ^ Miramar, MV Princess of Nanaimo, ID#5408063.
- ^ Miramar, MV Princess of Vancouver, ID#5284998
- ^ Miramar, MV Princess of Acadia, ID#7039567
References
- Fournier, Leslie Thomas. (1935). Railway Nationalization in Canada: the Problem of the Canadian National Railways. Toronto: Macmillan. OCLC 424018532
- Hacking, Norman R. (1995). Prince Ships of Northern B.C.: Ships of the Grand Trunk Pacific and Canadian National Railways. Surrey, British Columbia: Heritage House. 10-ISBN 1895811287/13-ISBN 9781895811285; OCLC 31778600
- __________ and W. Kaye Lamb. (1974). The Princess Story: a century and a half of West Coast shipping. Vancouver : Mitchell Press. OCLC 2973754
- Morley, Alan. (1961). Vancouver; from Milltown to Metropolis. Vancouver: Mitchell. http://www.worldcat.org/title/vancouver-from-milltown-to-metropolis/oclc/70456349 OCLC 70456349]
- Musk, George. (1981). Canadian Pacific: The Story of the Famous Shipping Line. Toronto: Holt, Rinehart and Winston of Canada. 10-ISBN 0-03-920291-7; 13-ISBN 978-0-03-920291-0; OCLC 7540915
- Turner, Robert D. (1974). The Pacific Princesses: an illustrated history of Canadian Pacific Railway's Princess fleet on the Northwest Coast. Winlaw, British Columbia: Sono Nis Press. OCLC 254451187
- __________. (1987). West of the Great Divide : an Illustrated History of the Canadian Pacific Railway in British Columbia, 1880-1986. Victoria, British Columbia: Sono Nis Press. 10-ISBN 0919203515/13-ISBN 9780919203518; OCLC 16019694
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