SS Princess Adelaide

SS Princess Adelaide
History
Name
  • 1910–1949: SS Princess Adelaide
  • 1949–1967: SS Angelika
Owner
BuilderFairfield
Launched5 July 1910
In service1910
Out of service1967
FateScrapped 1967
General characteristics
TypeOcean liner
Installed power4000 HP at 130RPM

SS Princess Adelaide 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.[1] The ship was part of the CPR "Princess fleet," which was composed of ships having names which began with the title "Princess".[2] Along with SS Princess Alice, SS Princess Mary, and SS Princess Sophia, SS Princess Adelaide was one of four similar ships built for CPR during 1910–1911.[3]

  1. ^ Steamship Historical Society of America. (1940). Steamboat Bill (US), Vol. 54, p. 206.
  2. ^ Turner, Robert D. (1987). West of the Great Divide: an Illustrated History of the Canadian Pacific Railway in British Columbia, 1880–1986, p. 65.
  3. ^ Cruising the Pacific Northwest, 1910–1911 sister ships