Princess May (steamship)
Princess May aground on Sentinel Island, by W.H. Case. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | Princess May (ex Cass, Arthur, Ningchow,Hating) |
| Owner | Formosa Trading Company, Canadian Pacific Railway Coast Service, others. |
| Route | Coastal British Columbia, Inside Passage |
| Builder | Hawthorn, Leslie & Co. Ltd, Newcastle upon Tyne, England |
| In service | 1888 |
| Out of service | circa 1935 |
| Identification | Canadian registry #109860 |
| Fate | Scuttled |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Coastal liner |
| Tonnage | 1717 gross; 1394 registered tons |
| Length | 249 ft (76 m) |
| Beam | 33 ft (10 m) |
| Depth | 18 ft (5 m) depth of hold |
| Installed power | twin triple expansion steam engine, 19", 30", and 50" x 33" |
| Propulsion | double propeller |
Princess May was a steamship built in 1888 which was operated under a number of different names and owners. The ship is best known for having been involved in a grounding in 1910 which left the ship jutting completely out of the water, which became the subject of a famous shipwreck photograph.