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Princess Fleet
The Princess fleet is an eponym for the coastal vessels of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) in the first half of the 20th century. The names of these small ocean liners began with the title "Princess." The ships of the Canadian Pacific Railway Coast Service, British Columbia Coast Steamships came to be called "pocket liners" because they offered amenities like a great ocean liner, but on a smaller scale. The CPR princesses were a coastal counterpart to CPR's "Empress" fleet of passenger liners which sailed on trans-Pacific and trans-Atlantic routes. 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.Musk, George. (1981). ''Canadian Pacific: The Story of the Famous Shipping Line,'' p. 81. Former ferries of CP Steamships that were absorbed by Washington Marine Group (WMG) in 1998. Two years before WMG had gained full control of Seaspan. Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princess Sophia (steamship) (ca 1912)
Princess Sophia may refer to: People Great Britain *Princess Sophia of the United Kingdom, a daughter of George III of the United Kingdom *Princess Sophia of Gloucester, a great granddaughter of George II of Great Britain *Sophia Dorothea of Hanover, a daughter of George I of Great Britain *Sophia of Hanover, mother of George I of Great Britain, and Electress of Hanover *Sophia Dorothea of Celle, wife of George I of Great Britain Germany *Sophia of Prussia, wife of Constantine I of Greece, Sister of Wilhelm II, Granddaughter of Queen Victoria Russia *Sophia Alekseyevna, regent of Russia during the early years of Peter the Great Spain *Queen Sofia of Spain, daughter of Paul I of Greece; wife of Juan Carlos I of Spain *Infanta Sofia of Spain, daughter of the Prince and Princess of Asturias, granddaughter of King Juan Carlos I of Spain and his wife, Queen Sofia Sweden *Princess Sofia, Duchess of Värmland wife of Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland Other *SS Princess Sophia, SS ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SS Princess Sophia
SS ''Princess Sophia'' was a steel-built passenger liner in the coastal service fleet of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR). Along with , , and , ''Princess Sophia'' was one of four similar ships built for CPR during 1910-1911. On 25 October 1918, ''Sophia'' sank with the loss of all aboard after grounding on Vanderbilt Reef in Lynn Canal near Juneau, Territory of Alaska. All 364 persons on the ship died, making the wreck of ''Sophia'' the worst maritime accident in the history of British Columbia and Alaska. Inside Passage Beginning in 1901, the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) ran a line of steamships on the west coast of Canada and the southeast coast of Alaska. The route from Victoria and Vancouver, British Columbia, ran through the winding channels and fjords along the coast, stopping at the principal towns for passengers, cargo, and mail. This route is still important today and is called the Inside Passage. Major ports of call along the Inside Passage include Prince Rupert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SS Princess Elizabeth
SS is an abbreviation for ''Schutzstaffel'', a paramilitary organisation in Nazi Germany. SS, Ss, or similar may also refer to: Places *Guangdong Experimental High School (''Sheng Shi'' or ''Saang Sat''), China *Province of Sassari, Italy (vehicle plate code) *South Sudan (ISO 3166-1 code SS) *SS postcode area, UK, around Southend-on-Sea * San Sebastián, Spanish city Arts, entertainment, and media *SS (band), an early Japanese hardcore punk band * ''SS'' (manga), a Japanese comic 2000-2003 *SS Entertainment, a Korean entertainment company *''S.S.'', for Sosthenes Smith, H. G. Wells pseudonym for story ''A Vision of the Past'' *SS, the production code for the 1968 ''Doctor Who'' serial ''The Wheel in Space'' *''Sesame Street'', American kids' TV show Language * Ss (digraph) used in Pinyin * ß or ss, a German-language ligature * switch-reference in linguistics *''Scilicet'', used as a section sign * (''in the strict sense'') in Latin * Swazi language (ISO 639-1 code "ss") Sci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princess Norah (steamship)
''Princess Norah'' was a steamship which operated in British Columbia and southeastern Alaska from 1929 to 1964. From 1955 to 1958, this ship was called ''Queen of the North''. From 1958 to 1964, the ship was called ''Canadian Prince.'' This ship should not be confused with the later similarly named motor ferry MV Queen of the North, MV ''Queen of the North''. Design and construction ''Princess Norah'' was built in 1929 at the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Fairfield shipyard in Govan, Scotland.The New Mills' List, “Registered Canadian Steamships 1817-1930 over 75 feet” (accessed 06-17-11). The ship was designed for service to the rugged west coast of Vancouver Island.Turner, ''Pacific Prince ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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