| Name: | PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND |
| Type: | Ro-Ro Rail Ferry |
| Launched: | 05/10/1914 |
| Completed: | 04/1915 |
| Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co |
| Yard: | Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 868 |
| Dimensions: | 2795grt, 1110nrt, 285.3 x 52.2 x 21.3ft |
| Engines: | 2 x T3cyl (23.5, 37.5, 60 x 39ins) aft & T3cyl (21, 33.5 & 54 x 36ins) fwd, 1014nhp |
| Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws aft; 1 x Screw fwd, 13.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 134206 |
| History: | |
| 17/08/1915 | Government of Canada (Dept of Railways & Canals), Charlottetown |
| No later history known | |
| Comments: | For the Northumberland Strait crossing between Prince Edward Island & the mainland |
| Designed to carry rail and other transport and also act as an icebreaker | |
| 1971: Converted into a dumb dredging plant | |
| 1996: Still existing at Toronto |
Above photo is courtesy of The Engineer
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo, dated 1970, is copyright of Mac Mackay
Newcastle Daily Chronicle, Tuesday, 06/10/1914