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SS ''Princess Mary'' was a passenger vessel in the coastal service fleet of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) during the first half of the 20th century. This ship was called a "pocket liner" because she offered amenities like a great ocean liner, but on a smaller scale.〔Steamship Historical Society of America. (1940). ''Steamboat Bill'' (US), Vol. 54, p. 206.〕 The ship was part of the CPR "Princess fleet," which was composed of ships having names which began with the title "Princess".〔Turner, Robert D. (1987). ''West of the Great Divide: an Illustrated History of the Canadian Pacific Railway in British Columbia, 1880-1986,'' p. 65.〕 Along with the SS ''Princess Adelaide'' the SS ''Princess Alice'' and the SS ''Princess Sophia'', the SS ''Princess Mary'' was one of four sister ships built for CPR during 1910-1911.〔(Cruising the Pacific Northwest ), (1910-1911 sister ships )〕 ==History== The SS ''Princess Mary'' was built by Bow, McLachlan and Company of Paisley, Scotland for the Canadian Pacific Railway.〔(Plimsoll ship data ), (''Lloyd's Register, Navires a Vapeur et a Moteurs,'' 1945-46 )〕 The 2,155-ton vessel had length of , breadth of , and depth of 〔 The SS ''Princess Mary'' was added to the active roster of the CPR fleet in 1910.〔( Miramar Ship Index ): SS ''Princess Mary'', ID# 1126950.〕 On March 14, 1911, the ''Princess Mary'' made her first trip on the Nanaimo-Comox-Vancouver service.〔Nanaimo Museum, ( Nanaimo Chronicles )〕 Among the highlights of ''Princess Marys service was February 15, 1915 when the 30th Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) embarked from Victoria, British Columbia sailing to the War in Europe. In 1952, the ship was removed from the active service list. Her reconfigured hull was lost at sea in 1954.〔 Part of her super structure was beached on Harbour Road in West Victoria, BC. This was across the street from the Point Hope Shipyard. It had become a Restaurant known as the PRINCESS MARY'S RESTAURANT. At some point the restaurant closed. In 2011, the structure was torn down to make room for development. A plan was to save the structure and move it to Powell River but this never happened. The Restaurant however is still around with the same name and had moved to a different location in West Victoria. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「SS Princess Mary」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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