I found 2 vids of the Carrier Princess yesturday. The first video is of loading a Sperry Rail vehicle on to the vessle at Nanaimo including a little clip of the vessle:
The second video is a tour of the Carrier Princess (above) including the wheelhouse.
Post by FerryNutSeattle on Jul 29, 2009 17:56:36 GMT -8
Really nice photos of the SEASPAN DORIS, Mr. Musical Moderator!
I have a soft spot in my heart for that ship. I have seen her so many times down here on Puget Sound in the 1970s. She would ferry rail cars into a rail slip in Seattle. My guess in what she ferried was dangerous cargo that should be kept off the main tracks between Vancouver and Seattle.
I think that the SEASPAN GREG also paid Seattle a visit as well during that time.
The crew aboard the DORIS sure must have an unbelievable view of the waterways from her bridge!
Post by Wett Coast on Jul 29, 2009 19:33:26 GMT -8
Here is a photo of Princess Superior just off of the southern entrance to Active Pass. She was mainland bound from Swartz Bay and I was on the Q Nanaimo heading for Long Harbour.
I have a soft spot in my heart for that ship. I have seen her so many times down here on Puget Sound in the 1970s. She would ferry rail cars into a rail slip in Seattle. My guess in what she ferried was dangerous cargo that should be kept off the main tracks between Vancouver and Seattle.
I think that the SEASPAN GREG also paid Seattle a visit as well during that time.
The Doris and the Greg where built for and operated by a company called "F.M. Yorke & Sons Ltd".
Here is a YouTube video of someone's home movie of the launch of the ships Lorne Yorke and Greg Yorke. - the 1964 Greg Yorke launch starts at 7:03 of the movie. It's launched at Allied's old location on the south-shore of False Creek.
I'm thrilled to have found this on YouTube. Awesome history, of a busy shipyard and a launched ship that we can see on Georgia Strait today. I don't think it gets much better than this, for us ship enthusiasts!
Last Edit: Jul 29, 2009 21:10:08 GMT -8 by Flugel Horn
I have a soft spot in my heart for that ship. I have seen her so many times down here on Puget Sound in the 1970s. She would ferry rail cars into a rail slip in Seattle. My guess in what she ferried was dangerous cargo that should be kept off the main tracks between Vancouver and Seattle.
I think that the SEASPAN GREG also paid Seattle a visit as well during that time.
The Doris and the Greg where built for and operated by a company called "F.M. Yorke & Sons Ltd".
Here is a YouTube video of someone's home movie of the launch of the ships Lorne Yorke and Greg Yorke. - the 1964 Greg Yorke launch starts at 7:03 of the movie. It's launched at Allied's old location on the south-shore of False Creek.
I'm thrilled to have found this on YouTube. Awesome history, of a busy shipyard and a launched ship that we can see on Georgia Strait today. I don't think it gets much better than this, for us ship enthusiasts!
Hey, Mr. Musical Moderator, you really hit the highest major chord on this one!
The False Creek location of Allied was where my late grandfather (my mom's dad) worked for many years before moving to San Diego to work on many new fishing vessels down there.
He would be very thrilled to find out that someone has dug up this film and put it on the web, just for me to watch one of his launches. We had some neat discussions on how the GREG was built and that they put that "finished" deckhouse onto the Main Deck by a big crane. It's almost like what we see at FSG on their RORO ships.
I mentioned this some time ago, and Mr Horn's photos point out again that Seaspan appears to maintain their vessels' paint a lot better than BC Ferries. All of these boats were built in the '70s or earlier, but you just never see the major rust streaks that you do on the 'people's carrier'.
Post by princessofvanfan on Sept 18, 2009 22:08:25 GMT -8
I remember when the Carrier Princess sailed for the CPR alongside Princess of Vancouver between Nanaimo and Vancouver, and carried passengers and cars in the summer. Is there anyone out ther who sailed on her during this time?
Post by Starsteward on Sept 19, 2009 14:10:14 GMT -8
I believe she carried cars quite infrequently as the Carrier Princess was relegated to rail car and trailer cargo. The passenger accomodation, if that's what it could be called was frightful. A small coffee bar that looked like it had been chopped out of a dilapidated five and dime store. CP, never really kept the passenger areas all that spiffy, as they never really saw the Carrier as a passenger ship, certainly not kept up to the standards of Canadian Pacific Coast Steamships. Mygawd, Chief Stewards aboard the CP Coastal Ships and that includes the Princess of Vancouver would have cringed at the difference in the level of the so-called 'passenger service' offered on the cattle barge.
I remember when the Carrier Princess sailed for the CPR alongside Princess of Vancouver between Nanaimo and Vancouver, and carried passengers and cars in the summer. Is there anyone out ther who sailed on her during this time?
For me, sadly "No". I wish I would have.
The photo opportunity of passing the P.o.V. would have been good.
Post by Flugel Horn on Oct 4, 2009 17:34:07 GMT -8
When preparing pictures for the Nov.09 flagship nominations, I cropped 15 pics to the banner size.
Here are my rejects, after selecting my favourite 3 (actually my choice of 3 was intended to show 3 different ships. It turns out that my best shots were of the Seaspan Doris, but I had to pick just one of her....): ================
Seaspan Greg (ex Greg Yorke)
Seaspan Doris (ex Doris Yorke)
Carrier Princess:
Seaspan Challenger pusher-tug:
Last Edit: Jun 9, 2011 17:25:59 GMT -8 by Flugel Horn
Post by Flugel Horn on Oct 4, 2009 18:59:08 GMT -8
Regarding Doris:
I think he photogenic powers are because of her long hull and the effect of the red & black colours and the port holes. The 2 decks of freight and the elevator help make her an interesting vessel to view.
