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Carrier Princess Photo Credit: John MacFarlane

Ship Details

Carrier Princess

Photo Credit: John MacFarlane

Registry #1	347756 (Canada)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#	7306647	MMSI#		VRN#

Name 1	1973	Carrier Princess	Name 6
Name 2			Name 7
Name 3			Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

Year Built	1973	Place	North Vancouver	Area	BC	Country	Canada

Designer	Talbot, Jackson & Associates Ltd.	Measurement (imp)	365.9' x 66.3' x 24'
Builder	Burrard Drydock Co. Ltd.	Measurement (metric)	112.2m x 20.15m x 7.13m
Hull	Steel	Displacement
Gross Tonnage	4352.63	Type 1	Ferry, railcar/truck
Registered Tonnage	2195.91	Type 2
Engine	4-575hp single-acting EMD Vee 16-cylinder engines (1973)	Engine Manufacture	General Motors Corp. EMD, La Grange IL
Repower		Propulsion	Twin Screw
Rebuilds		Call Sign
Pendant #		Masters

Owner(s)
In 1973-1997 she was owned by Canadian Pacific Ltd., Montreal QC. In 1999-2004 she was owned by Seaspan Coastal Intermodal Co., Delta BC. In 2011-2019 she was owned by Seaspan Ferries Corp., Delta BC.

Fate	Afloat in 2019	Date	0000-00-00

Named Features
Significance of Name

Anecdotes
On February 20, 1973 this vessel was launched as a roll-on roll-off ferry for railway vehicles with 150 autos or 30 railcars. Her sponsor was Mrs. R. Strachan, wife of the BC Minister of Highways. In 1978 this vesselran aground in Active Pass BC. Len Burton (British Columbia Nautical History Facebook Group 25/04/2018 states that " It was in the fall of either 75 or 76 we were southbound transiting Active Pass in heavy fog around 1900 with a new skipper running at reduced speed on an ebb that we struck the rock at Georgeson bay QG light approaching Collinson Point. I was in the control room at the time. My first thought was we just got hit by a BC ferry but we were still underway finally stopping at Enterprise reef. The skipper called down asking if we had any water coming in. We didn't in the engine room. I left the junior engineer in the control room and went aft to check the steering gear. We were good with the steering compartment no water coming in. I checked the amidship fresh water tank space and the forward bow thruster compartment. No water. We headed for Swartz Bay but there was too much vibration on the stbd side so I shut down the Stbd maine engines. We unloaded the trailers at Swartz Bay and I talked with the skipper with him telling me we had grounded. We headed back to Vancouver running on the port main engines only. We tied up at pier "B" for the night with divers going down to inspect the bottom. The Stbd prop was missing a few blades and we had a 15 foot hole in the double bottom on the stbd side of the Engine Room. We were lucky we didn't sink that night. We always ran at full speed through active pass never at reduced speed because of the currents. The skipper got an immediate transfer to the Trailer Princess as mate. The Trailer Princess was the bottom of CPs fleet list."

Anecdotes

On February 20, 1973 this vessel was launched as a roll-on roll-off ferry for railway vehicles with 150 autos or 30 railcars. Her sponsor was Mrs. R. Strachan, wife of the BC Minister of Highways. In 1978 this vesselran aground in Active Pass BC. Len Burton (British Columbia Nautical History Facebook Group 25/04/2018 states that " It was in the fall of either 75 or 76 we were southbound transiting Active Pass in heavy fog around 1900 with a new skipper running at reduced speed on an ebb that we struck the rock at Georgeson bay QG light approaching Collinson Point. I was in the control room at the time. My first thought was we just got hit by a BC ferry but we were still underway finally stopping at Enterprise reef. The skipper called down asking if we had any water coming in. We didn't in the engine room. I left the junior engineer in the control room and went aft to check the steering gear. We were good with the steering compartment no water coming in. I checked the amidship fresh water tank space and the forward bow thruster compartment. No water. We headed for Swartz Bay but there was too much vibration on the stbd side so I shut down the Stbd maine engines. We unloaded the trailers at Swartz Bay and I talked with the skipper with him telling me we had grounded. We headed back to Vancouver running on the port main engines only. We tied up at pier "B" for the night with divers going down to inspect the bottom. The Stbd prop was missing a few blades and we had a 15 foot hole in the double bottom on the stbd side of the Engine Room. We were lucky we didn't sink that night. We always ran at full speed through active pass never at reduced speed because of the currents. The skipper got an immediate transfer to the Trailer Princess as mate. The Trailer Princess was the bottom of CPs fleet list."

References
Canada List of Shipping; Musk, George (1981);
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