MV ''Princess of Vancouver'' was a passenger vessel in the Pacific coastal service fleet of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR). The ship was part of the CPR

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 ...

, which was composed of ships having names which began with the title "Princess".

History

In 1955, ''Princess of Vancouver'' was added to the CPR fleet; and she would become the last remnant of the once famous coastal fleet in service. In 1981, sold to the BC Ministry of Transportation & Highways saltwater ferries. She was subsequently converted to a

RORO ferry Roll-on/roll-off (RORO or ro-ro) ships are cargo ships designed to carry wheeled cargo, such as cars, motorcycles, trucks, semi-trailer trucks, buses, trailers, and railroad cars, that are driven on and off the ship on their own wheels or using ...

by Burrard Yarrows for $8,995,000 and in 1982 she was placed in service between Little River (Comox) and Powell River. On 10 October 1985 she was registered as ''Princess of Vancouver Island'' for the British Columbia Ferry Corporation and operated between

Comox, British Columbia Comox () is a town on the southern coast of the Comox Peninsula in the Strait of Georgia on the eastern coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Thousands of years ago, the warm dry summers, mild winters, fertile soil, and abundant sea life ...

and

Powell River, British Columbia Powell River is a city on the northern Sunshine Coast of southwestern British Columbia, Canada. Most of its population lives near the eastern shores of Malaspina Strait, which is part of the larger Georgia Strait between Vancouver Island and the ...

, and from 1987 between

Seattle Seattle ( ) is a seaport city on the West Coast of the United States. It is the seat of King County, Washington. With a 2020 population of 737,015, it is the largest city in both the state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest regio ...

and Victoria as "Vancouver Island Princess". In 1989 she was added to the British Columbia Stena Line and used along on the Victoria to Seattle route along with the . In 1993 she was sold to China and renamed ''Nan Hai Ming Zhu''. In 2001 she was sold to Haveton Shipping, Hong Kong and renamed ''Pearl of South China Sea''. In 2007 she was listed as in active service. Princess of Vancouver pioneered a series of

diesel engine The diesel engine, named after Rudolf Diesel, is an internal combustion engine in which ignition of the fuel is caused by the elevated temperature of the air in the cylinder due to mechanical compression; thus, the diesel engine is a so-ca ...

innovations that made possible the use of heavy fuel oil in medium speed trunk piston engines.

Notes

References

* Jackman, Sydney Wayne. (1972). ''Vancouver Island.'' Newton Abbot, UK: David & Charles.
OCLC 348243

External links

Princess of Vancouver leaving Nanaimo Harbour in 1969
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