Daily (upper) Island Princess (lower)
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History | |
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Name | Island Princess (originally Daily and later Cy Peck) |
Owner | Matthew McDowell, Canadian Pacific Railway, Gulf Islands Ferry Company |
Route | Puget Sound (Vashon and Maury Islands); Gulf Islands |
Builder | Matthew McDowell, at shipyard in Tacoma |
Completed | 1913 |
In service | 1913 |
Out of service | c. 1980 |
Identification | IMO number: 5083241 |
Fate | Sunk as reef near Saltspring Island[citation needed] |
Notes | Built as Daily, ran on Puget Sound 1913-1918, then sold to CPR |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | 254-tons |
Length | 168 ft (51 m) |
Beam | 35 ft (11 m) |
Draft | 8.0 ft (2 m) |
Installed power | steam engine |
Propulsion | propeller-drive |
Notes | Converted to auto ferry 1930, still afloat in 1970s as fishing dock |
The steamboat Daily operated in the early 1900s as part of the Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet. In later years, Daily was renamed Island Princess and later Cy Peck.