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SS Prince Rupert
SS Prince Rupert
SS Prince Rupert was built for the DAR and served on the the Digby - Saint John route from 1895 to 1913.
Built by the William Denny & Brothers, Dumbarton, Scotland in 1894.[1]
- Length: 260 feet
- Breadth: 32.2 feet
- Depth: 19.5 feet
- Gross Tonnage: 1158
- Engine: Triple Expansion Steam, 260 NHP, 3000 IHP
- Speed: 18 knots service, 21 knots full
Prince Rupert was the last of the paddle wheelers used between Saint John and Digby.[2]
Prince Rupert was built in an arrangement between the DAR and the Canadian Pacific to enable CPR trains to gain regular access to Halifax via the DAR. [3] Her hull was launched at the Denny & Brothers Leven Yard in Dumbarton on May 23, 1894.[4] After fitting out, she was towed from Scotland (as her bunkers were designed for fast, short-range capacity) to Digby in June 1895 and made her first run in July 1895.[5]
Capable of 21 knots, her speed allowed her to make two trips a day and guarantee connections between CPR and DAR trains and forcing the competing Bay of Fundy Steamship Line to with draw their slower paddle wheeler Monticello from the Digby service in 1896.[6]
In 1913, she was replaced by the faster SS St. George. Prince Rupert was sold to American owners in 1919 and broken up in 1924.[7]
Gallery
The Captain and his officers on what could be the fan tail of the SS Prince Rupert.
SS Prince Rupert circa 1890s.
DAR train at the Digby Wharf with the SS Prince Rupert, circa 1900.
SS Prince Rupert first time at new pier, September 16, 1909.
SS Prince Rupert meeting the train and landing passengers at the Digby Wharf.
SS Prince Rupert in a 1906 postcard.
Deck Plans for SS Prince George, SS Prince Arthur, SS Boston and SS Prince Rupert from the 1911 Passenger Time Table.
References and Footnotes
- ↑ "Prince Rupert", Scottish Built Ships, Caledonian Maritime Research Trust
- ↑ "SS Prince Rupert", Marine Atlantic]
- ↑ Marguerite Woodworth, History of the Dominion Atlantic Railway, (1936), page 111
- ↑ "Prince Rupert", Scottish Built Ships, Caledonian Maritime Research Trust
- ↑ Marguerite Woodworth, History of the Dominion Atlantic Railway, (1936), pages 111-113
- ↑ Marguerite Woodworth, History of the Dominion Atlantic Railway, (1936), page 113
- ↑ "Prince Rupert", Scottish Built Ships, Caledonian Maritime Research Trust
