Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
TSMV Princess of Vancouver (ship)
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Description area
Dates of existence
1955 - present?
History
Steel, single screw, 2,689 tons gross, motor ship built in Scotland for Canadian Pacific Railway as a passenger, vehicle, and train car ferry for Vancouver-Nanaimo service. She was sold to the government of British Columbia in 1981 and served with B.C. Ferries on Comox and Powell River. In 1898, she was sold to British Columbia Stena Line and used on Seattle-Victoria route. In 1993, she was sold to Chinese operators and renamed Nan Hai Ming Zhu. In 2001, she was sold to Hong Kong operators and renamed Pearl of South China Sea. She was still operating in 2007.