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Post by Low Light Mike on Apr 22, 2010 19:51:18 GMT -8
The CBC had a lengthy video piece yesterday re draining the remaining fuel oil off of the Princess Kathleen. Check it out here. Thank you very much for posting that. I enjoyed watching it. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2010 21:41:58 GMT -8
I enjoyed watching that video,too. How many metres or feet is the Princess Kathleen sitting in the water?
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Post by FNS on Apr 22, 2010 22:58:08 GMT -8
I enjoyed watching that video,too. How many metres or feet is the Princess Kathleen sitting in the water? From the State of Alaska: SHIP WRECK LOCATION: Point Lena, Juneau, Alaska RESOURCES AFFECTED: Favorite Channel, Northern Lynn Canal CAUSE: The 369-foot passenger vessel SS Princess Kathleen grounded on Pt Lena, just north of Juneau, during bad weather on September 7, 1952. Approximately 10 hours later during an incoming tide she slipped off the rock and sank with an unknown quantity of fuel oil in her tanks. Since her sinking periodic fuel releases and oil sheens have been noted in her vicinity. The vessel currently sits at an angle on its port side at a depth ranging from 52 feet at the bow to 134 feet at the stern. A good reading material can be seen at this link: www.dec.state.ak.us/spar/perp/response/sum_fy10/100216101/100216101_index.htm |
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Post by D'Elete BC in NJ on Apr 23, 2010 6:46:13 GMT -8
www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2010/04/22/bc-princess-kathleen-sinking-recovery.html
Sunken B.C. ship poses pollution riskThe U.S. Coast Guard is attempting a highly unusual recovery technique on a sunken Canadian cruise ship in Alaska in the hope of avoiding an environmental disaster. The Princess Kathleen — a cruise ship based in Victoria — sank in the Pacific Ocean off Juneau, Alaska, in 1952 when the crew took a wrong turn and slammed into a rocky shoreline. No one among the 300 people aboard was killed or injured in the sinking, but tragedy could yet result from the wreck. Coast Guard divers believe its huge fuel tanks are rusting out and could soon collapse, releasing tens of thousands of litres of oil into the ocean. Heating the oil "We're very concerned about having a catastrophic spill," Coast Guard Capt. Melissa Bert told CBC News. The technical crew faces an unusual situation in the extremely cold waters. "A good analogy would be taking a jar of molasses and sticking it in your refrigerator, cranking down the temperature and leaving it for 60 years," said Coast Guard Lieut. Chris Kimrey. Divers are drilling into the tanks and piping in hot water to heat the heavy oil so it can then be safely pumped into a barge. The work is complicated and expensive, with a bill that could reach $8 million. Expenses have been paid from an environmental trust fund set up after the Exxon Valdez oil spill off Alaska in 1990. The job is expected to take until the summer to complete.
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Post by Mill Bay on Apr 23, 2010 8:46:20 GMT -8
Hmmm... somewhat bland, colourless writing, here. For one thing, the Princess Kathleen was not just a 'cruise ship'. She was much more beautiful and dignified then any floating casino shopping mall around today.
And there could be more creative and expressive ways to describe her fate than thoughtlessly saying she made a wrong turn and slammed into the shore. Whatever happened to creative writing in journalism, to give the article subject a feeling of life and interest for the reader.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2010 13:22:56 GMT -8
If you’re interested in the ongoing operations onboard the Princess Kathleen the Unified Command has a website they keep very up-to-date. The site has situation reports, photos and video from the underwater dive operations. www.dec.alaska.gov/spar/princesskathleen-Sarah Moore, State of Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation |
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Post by Nick on Apr 23, 2010 15:48:23 GMT -8
Thank you for posting that, Sarah. This is proving to be a very interesting operation to watch.
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Post by FNS on Apr 23, 2010 17:21:42 GMT -8
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Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2010 13:20:31 GMT -8
Seeing the old photos from EGfleet made me think I should pass on the Alaska's Digital Archive url: vilda.alaska.edu/There are some impressive photos of the PK after she grouned and as she sank; including more by T. Davis. -Sarah Moore, State of Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation |
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Post by EGfleet on May 3, 2010 6:19:41 GMT -8
Crews removing oil from '52 shipwreck near Juneau, Alaska
Dive crews have removed more than 10,000 gallons of oil from a 1952 shipwreck near Juneau, Alaska, and the work continues.
By The Associated Press
JUNEAU, Alaska — Dive crews have removed more than 10,000 gallons of oil from a 1952 shipwreck near Juneau, Alaska, and the work continues.
Work began nearly a week ago to pump the bunker oil, a heavy fuel used mainly in ships, from the Princess Kathleen shipwreck.
In addition to bunker oil, divers have recovered nearly 1,000 gallons of oil that was free-floating within the wreck.
The 369-foot Princess Kathleen ran aground on Point Lena in 1952 and has periodically released small amounts of unrecoverable oil in the years since.
The Coast Guard says divers began assessing the wreck in February, when oil sheens were noticed off the Juneau.
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Post by WettCoast on May 6, 2010 20:06:40 GMT -8
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Post by Low Light Mike on Dec 6, 2010 20:32:24 GMT -8
Video of Princess Kathleen oil recovery.
- includes some historical pictures of the ship, and moving-pictures of the sinking.
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Post by WettCoast on Dec 6, 2010 20:54:48 GMT -8
Very interesting piece Fluge... Thanks for posting.
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Post by FNS on Jan 7, 2011 22:54:25 GMT -8
Here's a photo of the PRINCESS KATHLEEN's sister. The First PRINCESS MARGUERITE in a double page spread in the book Pacific Coastal Liners by Gordon Newell and Joe Williamson.  |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Sept 19, 2011 9:43:47 GMT -8
Model of CP's Princess Kathleen, seen at the Royal BC Museum in Victoria.   |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Oct 4, 2011 19:26:23 GMT -8
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Post by mrdot on Oct 4, 2011 20:27:43 GMT -8
:)thanks for forwarding that large image of the grounded Kathleen, in an earlier submission you commented on the pre-WW1 Irene and Marguret and regretted their war losses, the Marguret actually lasted well into the 1930's as a RN minelayer, and looks still very much a princess in my 1930's copy of Janes. I will have to get you to accompany brother wettcoast into my ships locker, I think you would be wowed! :)mrdot.
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Post by lmtengs on Oct 20, 2011 19:18:50 GMT -8
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Post by FNS on Dec 5, 2011 0:07:59 GMT -8
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Post by Low Light Mike on Dec 18, 2011 20:43:30 GMT -8
3 postcards of the Princess Kathleen, recently added to my collection. -----------------------  Postcard by Photogelatine Engraving Co. Ltd., Ottawa. - Gus Maves is the photographer -------------------------  The back of this just says "Souvenir - Private Postcard" ---------------------------- Post card by Coast Publishing in Vancouver. - this was mailed in 1929.  Reverse of this card. - yes, that's King George V on the stamp. - post mark: June 28, 1929.   |
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Post by Variable Pitch on Dec 21, 2011 11:40:26 GMT -8
Gowen, Sutton RPPC circa 1926-1932...  Gowen, Sutton circa 1938-1950 RPPC  A colored collotype by Vancouver publisher Harry Smith (love the pink!)  |
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Post by tom on Feb 19, 2014 13:34:04 GMT -8
Hi I'm scanning old family photographs and came across this picture of my mother aboard the Princess Kathleen, probably in 1947 or 48. Tom Attachments:
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Post by Low Light Mike on Feb 19, 2014 13:37:01 GMT -8
Hi I'm scanning old family photographs and came across this picture of my mother aboard the Princess Kathleen, probably in 1947 or 48. Tom Lovely, thanks for sharing this. I'm glad that at least one of the Kathleen/Marguerite sisters survived war-service, although the Kathleen unfortunately did not have a long post-war life. |
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Post by cprfan on Feb 28, 2015 16:33:21 GMT -8
Does anyone have access to scanned or scannable profile drawings of this vessel?
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