The Princess May was already an older ship when this accident happened in 1910. The vessel had been built in 1888 near Newcastle, England as a trader for use along the coast of China. It worked for several companies and under different names but in 1901 was acquired by Canadian Pacific Steamships for coastal service along the coast of British Columbia. On Aug. 5, 1910 the ship was heading south from Skagway Alaska in a fog when it ran aground on the north end of Sentinel Island. When the tide went out (a 16 foot range in that area) this is what the situation looked like.
There were no injuries and the passengers and crew took refuge on the island where they were duly rescued. The company hired a Captain Logan with his salvage tug Santa Cruz who after repairing the holes in the hull and building temporary shipways managed with the help of dynamite to refloat the ship. Just another day for Captain Logan, apparently. (see below)
After WW1 the ship was sold to a company that used it in the Caribbean and some time in the thirties, the old worn out ship was deliberately sunk.
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Dynamite, of course ! I always had a nagging suspicion something was missing
in my off-road toolkit.
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