SS Princess Louise (1921)
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| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | SS Princess Louise |
| Owner | Hudson's Bay Company; Canadian Pacific Railway, others. |
| Route | Vancouver, British Columbia; Puget Sound; coastal British Columbia; southeast Alaska |
| Builder | Wallace Shipyard, North Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Launched | 29 August 1921 |
| In service | 1921 |
| Out of service | 1964 (restaurant until 1989) |
| Fate | Sunk 20 June 1990 |
| Notes | Artificial reef at 900' |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Pocket Liner |
| Tonnage | 4032 gross tons. |
| Length | 317.2 ft (97 m) |
| Beam | 48.1 ft (15 m) |
| Draught | 34.6 ft (11 m) |
| Installed power | Single reciprocating, triple expansion steam engine |
| Propulsion | 4,500 horsepower |
| Capacity | 1,000 day passengers, or 236 overnight passengers in 133 staterooms |
The SS Princess Louise was a 331-foot steamship, named in honor of Louise, Princess Royal and Duchess of Fife, Queen Victoria's granddaughter.[1] The ship was part of the Canadian Pacific Railway's "Princess" fleet, the coastal counterparts to CPR's "Empress" fleet of passenger liners which sailed on trans-Pacific and trans-Atlantic routes.[2] The ships of the British Columbia Coast Steamships came to be called "pocket liners" because they offered on smaller vessels the superior class of service, splendid amenities and luxurious decor equal to great ocean liners.[3]
Princess Louise was built in 1921, North Vancouver, B.C.,[4] for the tourist service to Alaska run by British Columbia Coast Steamships (BCCS). She was considered to be a luxury cruise ship of the era.
Operations
For BCCS, Princess Louise carried passengers on the 1,750-mile round-trip voyage between Vancouver and Alaska[1] until she was removed from service in 1964.
