SS Princess Victoria
Passenger Steamship, Later Bulk Oil/Fuel Carrier · Canada · Lost 1953 · The British Columbia Coast
Once Canadian Pacific's flagship Victoria-Vancouver-Seattle liner, this ship ended her days as the fuel carrier Tahsis No. 3, sinking in Welcome Pass in 1953.
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The Vessel and Her Loss
SS Princess Victoria was built in 1902 for the Canadian Pacific Railway's British Columbia Coast Steamship Service and spent decades running between Victoria, Vancouver, and Seattle. Laid up in 1950, she was sold to the Tahsis Company in 1951 and converted into a bulk oil carrier renamed Tahsis No. 3. On March 10, 1953, shortly after her conversion, she struck a rock and sank in Welcome Pass, north of Vancouver. Her engine room machinery, telegraph and steering gear were later salvaged for use in the coastal vessel Uchuck III.
Vessel
- 1902
- C.S. Swan & Hunter Ltd.
- Wallsend-on-Tyne, England
- Steel
- 300 ft
- 40.5 ft
- 1943
- Steam, twin screw
- Canadian Pacific Railway (to 1951); Tahsis Company (from 1951)
Loss
- March 10, 1953
- Grounding
- Welcome Pass, north of Vancouver, British Columbia
- Strait of Georgia
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The Wreck Today
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Position
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- Welcome Pass, British Columbia
Evidence
Overall confidence: Partially documented (65/100)
Casualty figures, if any, and the wreck's present depth and condition are not established in the sources reviewed.
Build details, ownership history, renaming, and loss location.
Maritime Museum of BC Archives
Service history and circumstances of the 1953 loss.
