MV Motor Princess
ship
Current position
No live position received yet. Identity and particulars below.
Identity & particulars
- Name
- MV Motor Princess
- IMO number
- 5412959
- MMSI
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- Call sign
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- Flag
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- Vessel type
- ship
- Gross tonnage
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- Deadweight (DWT)
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- Length overall
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- Beam
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- Year built
- 1923
- Builder
- Yarrow Shipbuilders Limited
- Registered owner
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- Operator
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Particulars are enriched from public sources as they become available. Position & identity are derived live from AIS.
About MV Motor Princess
MV Motor Princess was a vehicle and passenger ferry built for Canadian Pacific in 1923. She was later renamed, Pender Queen then Pender Lady. Motor Princess was built in 97 days at by Yarrows Ltd. in Esquimalt. She was built for the Canadian Pacific Railway Company's B.C. Coast Service. Motor Princess had a main car deck as well as space for cars on the front half of the upper deck, connected to the main car deck with a ramp. She was a wooden-hulled vessel and the first diesel powered vessel in CP's fleet. She had a cruising speed of 14.5 knots. (Turner, 129) Robert Turner describes the passenger amenities in his book, "The Pacific Princesses": Naturally, emphasis was on automobile facilities, but passengers were far from neglected.
Summary from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA.
Frequently asked questions
- Where is MV Motor Princess now?
- MV Motor Princess has not transmitted a live position recently. Its identity and particulars are kept on this page, and its position will appear here the moment it is detected on AIS again.
- What kind of ship is MV Motor Princess?
- MV Motor Princess is a ship, built in 1923 by Yarrow Shipbuilders Limited.
- Has MV Motor Princess been detained or sanctioned?
- No detentions or sanctions for MV Motor Princess appear in the public sources Seadar tracks (USCG PSIX inspections and the OFAC SDN list).