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Posted 31 January 2016 - 08:14 AM

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File Name: SS PRINCESS SOPHIA 1912
File Submitter: CrisGer
File Submitted: 31 Jan 2016
File Category: Vehicles

SS PRINCESS SOPHIA
1911
Coastal Passenger Steamship Liner
Canadian Pacific Steamship Company
Chris Gerlach - Jeff Farquar (Master Chief)

This is a model of a Canadian Steamship that worked the Inland passage of the coast of British Columbia. She carried both passengers and freight and was one of four sister ships.

This model is free for use for any sim, you may convert it and repaint her as you wish however I would request a review copy of any alteration before you release and reserve the right to withold permission if the conversion does not meet minimum standards of quality. The original hull was a gift for use by Ron Piccard with his kind permission, and I have made extensive alterations for use for this beautiful ship. The textures are partly from work by John Fleming again with his kind permission for re use and others are from my own research into nautical history and maratime lore. This ship was designed to be able to serve the small ports and harbors of the west coast of Canada, and could navigate into shallow regions. she carried booms forward to load and unload freight, passengers could be loaded via gangways for and aft. Details of her construction, capacity and service follow.

I received generous help from many including Tim Muir, Barry Munro (Capt. Bazza), Jeff Farquar. and others in the community to whom I am forever grateful for techincal advice, encouragement and support. Without them this and other work that I do would not have been possible.

Rights and Permissions and Credits:

This model is based on a hull by Ron Piccard, with extensive alterations by Jeff Farquar and myself, textures are from Naval sources and some originals by John Fleming. The model is available for reuse but not for commercial use of any kind without my permission, however if it is converted that may be allowed. The TSM source file is included in this release. Jeff also made the excellent anchor found on this model.

May God Preserve all who sail in ships such as her and those who face peril on the seas.

Chris Gerlach (CrisGer)
Elvas Tower
chrisgerlach9@yahoo.mail
January 2016

Canadian Pacific Railways Steamship Company

The SS Princess Sophia was a steel-built coastal passenger liner in the coastal service fleet of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR). Along with SS Princess Adelaide, SS Princess Alice, and SS Princess Mary, Princess Sophia was one of four sister ships built for CPR during 1910-1911.

Name: Princess Sophia
Owner: Canadian Pacific Railway
Port of registry: Canada
Route: Vancouver and Victoria to northern British Columbia ports and Alaska
Ordered: May 1911
Builder: Bow, McLachlan & Co, Paisley, Scotland
Cost: £51,000 (about $250,000 at that time)[1]
Yard number: 272
Launched: 8 November 1911
Christened: By Miss Piers, daughter of Arthur Piers, manager of C.P. Steamship Service
Completed: 1912
Maiden voyage: 7 June 1912
Fate: Grounded on 24 October 1918; sank following day during a storm
Class & type: Coastal passenger steamship
Tonnage: 2,320 tons gross

1,466 tons net register

Length: 245 ft (75 m)
Beam: 44 ft (13 m)
Draught: 12 ft (4 m)
Depth: 24 ft (7 m) depth of hold
Installed power: One triple expansion steam engine, 22", 37", and 60" x 36"
Propulsion: single screw
Speed: 14 knots (26 km/h)
Capacity: 250 passengers; could carry more with special permission (capacity for 500)[1]
Crew: 73
Notes: Originally coal-burning; converted to oil fuel shortly after arrival in British Columbia

Beginning in 1901, Canadian Pacific Railway ran a line of steamships on the west coast of Canada and the southeast coast of Alaska. The route from Victoria, BC and Vancouver, BC ran through the winding channels and fjords along the coast, stopping at the principal towns for passengers, cargo, and mail. This route is still important today and is called the Inside Passage. Major ports of call along the Inside Passage include Prince Rupert, BC; Alert Bay, BC; Wrangell, AK; Ketchikan, AK; Juneau, AK; and Skagway, AK.

Many different types of vessels navigated the Inside Passage, but the dominant type on longer routes was the "coastal liner". A coastal liner was a vessel which if necessary could withstand severe ocean conditions, but in general was expected to operate in relatively protected coastal waters. For example, as a coastal liner, Princess Sophia would only be licensed to carry passengers within 50 miles of the coastline. Coastal liners carried both passengers and freight, and were often the only link that isolated coastal communities had with the outside world. Originally coastal liners were built of wood, and continued to be so built until well after the time when ocean liners had moved to iron and then steel construction. After several shipwrecks in the Inside Passage and other areas of the Pacific Northwest showed the weakness of wooden hulls, CPR switched over to steel construction for all new vessels.

Princess Sophia was also called a "pocket liner" because she offered amenities like a great ocean liner, but on a smaller scale. The ship was part of the CPR "Princess fleet," which was composed of ships having names which began with the title "Princess".

Design and construction

Princess Sophia was a steamship of 2,320 tons gross and 1,466 tons net register, built by Bow, McLachlan and Company at Paisley, Scotland. A strong, durable vessel, she was built of steel with a double hull. Princess Sophia was capable of handling more than just the Inside Passage, as her use on the stormy west coast of Vancouver Island demonstrated. Princess Sophia was equipped with wireless communications and full electric lighting.[1] The ship was launched in November 1911 and completed in 1912.[9] She was brought around Cape Horn by Captain Albert Adolphus Lindgren (1862-1916), who had also brought two other CPR coastal liners, SS Princess Adelaide and SS Princess May out from Scotland on the same route. As built, Princess Sophia burned coal; however, the vessel was converted to oil fuel shortly after arrival in British Columbia.[3] While not as luxurious as her fleet-mates serving the Pacific Northwest, Princess Sophia was comfortable throughout, particularly in first class. She had a forward observation lounge panelled in maple, a social hall with a piano for first-class passengers, and a 112-seat dining room with large windows for observing the coastal scenery. At the time of her sinking, Captain Leonard Locke (1852–1918), commanded her, with Captain Jeremiah Shaw (1875–1918) as second in command.

Routes

On arrival Princess Sophia was put on the route from Victoria to Prince Rupert, BC. The next summer CPR assigned Princess Sophia to run once every two weeks from Victoria to Skagway, Alaska, alternating with Princess May, and stopping in Prince Rupert along the way. Occasionally Princess Sophia was diverted to other routes, such as an excursion to Bellingham, Washington. In 1914 the Great War began and with Canada as a participant, early wartime economic disruption resulted in a sharp decline of business for the CPR fleet, and a number of vessels, including Princess Sophia were temporarily taken out of service by November 1914. Princess Sophia and other CPR vessels transported troops raised for service in Europe.

The Princess Sophia went aground on a reef off the coast and sadly sank with all hands in 1918.

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