Steamship PRINCESS MAY wrecked on Sentinel Island, Alaska, 1910

• Main Author: Unidentified
• Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 1910
• Subjects: Princess May (Steamship); Passenger ships > Alaska > Sentinel Island; Marine accidents > Alaska > Sentinel Island; Newell; Pacific; Sentinel Island; Skagway; Alaska
• Online Access: http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/transportation/id/586

Caption on image: C.P.R. COS S.S. Princess May wrecked on Sentinel Island, Alaska Aug. 5 1910. Handwritten on mount: PRINCESS MAY PH Coll 1329.15 The PRINCESS MAY was southbound from Skagway, AK, with about 100 passengers and a crew of 68 on August 5, 1910. She was feeling her way cautiously down Lynn Canal in a heavy fog when she struck the reef, driving well up onto the rocks, so that at low tide she lay high and dry in a most remarkable position, her bow high in the air at a 23-degree angle. She was owned by the Canadian Pacific Railway at the time, and she was returned to service in 1911 after costly repairs to her hull, which was badly damaged by the rocks. (pg. 180) Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966). To order a reproduction, inquire about permissions, or for information about prices see: http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/services/reproduction/reproduction Please cite the Order Number