SS Princess Sophia
SS Princess Sophia circa 1912 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | Princess Sophia |
| Owner | Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) |
| Port of registry | Victoria, British Columbia, Canada |
| Route | Vancouver and Victoria to northern British Columbia ports and Alaska |
| Ordered | May 1911 |
| Builder | Bow, McLachlan & Co, Paisley, Scotland, UK |
| Cost | £51,000 (about $250,000 at that time) |
| Yard number | 272 |
| Launched | 8 November 1911 |
| Christened | By the daughter of Arthur Piers, manager of C.P. Steamship Service |
| Completed | 1912 |
| Maiden voyage | 7 June 1912 |
| Fate | Grounded on 24 October 1918; sank following day during a storm |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Coastal passenger steamship |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | 245 ft (75 m) |
| Beam | 44 ft (13 m) |
| Draught | 12 ft (4 m) |
| Depth | 24 ft (7 m) depth of hold |
| Installed power | One triple expansion steam engine, 22", 37", and 60" x 36" |
| Propulsion | Single screw |
| Speed | 14 knots (26 km/h) |
| Capacity | 250 passengers; could carry more with special permission (capacity for 500) |
| Crew | 73 |
| Notes | Originally coal-burning; converted to oil fuel shortly after arrival in British Columbia |
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SS Princess Sophia was a steel-built passenger liner in the coastal service fleet of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR). Along with SS Princess Adelaide, SS Princess Alice, and SS Princess Mary, Princess Sophia was one of four similar ships built for CPR during 1910-1911.
On 25 October 1918, Princess Sophia sank 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.