| Name: | PRINCE GEORGE |
| Type: | Passenger Refrigerated Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 10/03/1910 |
| Completed: | 05/1910 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Wallsend |
| Yard Number: | 859 |
| Dimensions: | 3372grt, 1625nrt, 306.7 x 42.2 x 24.0ft |
| Engines: | 2 x T4cyl (23.5, 37, 41 & 41 x 33ins), 768nhp |
| Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 18.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 129748 |
| History: | |
| 30/04/1910 | Grand Trunk Pacific Development Co Ltd, Newcastle |
| 1923 | Grand Trunk Pacific Coast Steam Ship Co Ltd, Prince Rupert BC |
| 1930 | Prince George Ltd (Canadian National Steamships Ltd), Prince Rupert BC |
| 1950 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Accommodation for 200 x 1st & 36 x 2nd Class passengers |
| For excursions, up to 1,500 x passengers could be carried | |
| Provided passenger service along the coasts of British Columbia & Alaska | |
| 22/09/1945: Caught fire at Ketchikan, Alaska & beached on Gravina Island | |
| 1949: Refloated | |
| 1950: Broken up at Seattle |
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Lloyd's List, Saturday, 12/03/1910