SS Princess Beatrice
Princess Beatrice was a steamship built for and owned by the marine division of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR). The ship served from 1903 to 1928 in the coastal waters of British Columbia. The ship also operated on Puget Sound on a route from Victoria, British Columbia to Seattle, Washington. Princess Beatrice was the first ship to operate in the year-round steamship service between Seattle and Victoria that was run by CPR from 1904 to 1959. This ship should not be confused with an earlier Princess Beatrice, built in Scotland in 1874, which served on the Atlantic coast of Canada. Design and construction Princess Beatrice was built in 1903 at Esquimalt, British Columbia by the B.C. Marine Railway Co., Ltd. The Princess Beatrice was the first Princess ship built for the Canadian Pacific Railway. The dimensions of the ship were in length, beam, and depth of hold, . The power plant was a triple expansion steam engine, manufactured by Bow, McLachlan & Co. of Paisley, Scotland, producing . The engine had three cylinders, with diameters ranging from high pressure to low pressure of 18, 30 and , with a bore stroke on all three cylinders of . The ship had