SS Princess Adelaide was a passenger vessel in the coastal service fleet of the Canadian Pacific Railway

Canadian Pacific Railway

The Canadian Pacific Railway , formerly also known as CP Rail between 1968 and 1996, is a historic Canadian Class I railway founded in 1881 and now operated by Canadian Pacific Railway Limited, which began operations as legal owner in a corporate restructuring in 2001...

 (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

Ocean liner

An ocean liner is a ship designed to transport people from one seaport to another along regular long-distance maritime routes according to a schedule. Liners may also carry cargo or mail, and may sometimes be used for other purposes .Cargo vessels running to a schedule are sometimes referred to as...

, but on a smaller scale. The ship was part of the CPR "Princess fleet

Princess fleet

The Princess fleet is an eponym for the coastal vessels of the Canadian Pacific Railway in the first half of the 20th Century. The names of these small ocean liners began with the title "Princess."...

," which was composed of ships having names which began with the title "Princess". Along with the SS Princess Alice

SS Princess Alice (1911)

SS Princess Alice was a passenger vessel in the coastal service fleet of the Canadian Pacific Railway during the first half of the 20th century....

 the SS Princess Mary

SS Princess Mary

SS Princess Mary was a passenger vessel in the coastal service fleet of the Canadian Pacific Railway during the first half of the 20th century....

 and the SS Princess Sophia, the SS Princess Adelaide was one of four sister ships built for CPR during 1910-1911.

History

The SS Princess Adelaide was built by built by Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company

Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company

The Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Limited was a British shipbuilding company in the Govan area on the Clyde in Glasgow. Fairfields, as it is often known, was a major warship builder, turning out many vessels for the Royal Navy and other navies through the First World War and the...

, Govan

Govan

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, Scotland

Scotland

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 for the Canadian Pacific Railway

Canadian Pacific Railway

The Canadian Pacific Railway , formerly also known as CP Rail between 1968 and 1996, is a historic Canadian Class I railway founded in 1881 and now operated by Canadian Pacific Railway Limited, which began operations as legal owner in a corporate restructuring in 2001...

.

The 3,061-ton vessel had length of 290.5 feet (88.5 m), breadth of 46.1 feet (14.1 m), and depth of 15.03 feet (4.6 m)

The SS Princess Adelaide was added to the active roster of the CPR fleet in 1910.

In 1949, the ship was sold to a Greek firm (Typaldos Line) and renamed the SS Angelika.