File:Canadian Pacific Railway steamer PRINCESS VICTORIA docked at Pier A in Seattle on the Seattle-Vancouver-Victoria run, ca 1912 (TRANSPORT 912).jpg

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In 1903 the Canadian Pacific Railway, already operating the fastest and handsomest ocean steamship in the Northwest, introduced a new standard of speed and elegance to the Puget Sound with the arrival of the splendid three-funnel steel steamship PRINCESS VICTORIA from the yards of Swan & Hunter, Newcastle. A twin-screw steamer of 1,943 tons, 300x40.5x15.4 ft, her triple-expansion engines of 6,000 horsepower gave her a top speed of 20 knots. She had accomodations for 1,000 day passengers and 152 overnight passenger in 76 staterooms. The PRINCESS VICTORIA joined the PRINCESS BEATRICE on the international triangle run between Seattle, Victoria, and Vancouver. She struck and sunk the wooden steam tug CHEHALIS near Vancouver in 1906, killing 9. In 1952, the PRINCESS VICTORIA was sold for dismantling and the hull was converted to a barge. (Source: Newell, Gordon, ed. "The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest." Seattle: The Superior Company, 1966.)

• Subjects (LCSH): Princess Victoria (Ship); Ships--Washington (State)--Seattle; Piers & wharves--Washington (State)--Seattle