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Reference to this same ship at http://www.clydesite.co.uk/clydebuilt/viewship.asp?id=902 ss PRINCESS NORAH ss PRINCESS NORAH -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- built by Fairfield Govan, Yard No 632 Engines by Fairfield Co Ltd Glasgow -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Last Name: BEACHCOMBER (1964) Previous Names: QUEEN OF THE NORTH (1955), PRINCESS NORAH (1957), CANADIAN PRINCE (1958) Propulsion: four cylinder triple expansion steam engine, 3 Scotch marine boilers, 15.8 knots Launched: Tuesday, 27/09/1927 Built: 1928 Ship Type: Passenger Vessel Tonnage: 2731 grt | 1539 nrt Length: 262 feet Breadth: 48 feet Draught: 26 feet Owner History: Canadian Pacific Railway Co 1958 Northland Nav Co 1964 ??, Kodiak AK Status: Scrapped - 1964 Remarks: Sold 10/1964 to a company in Kodiak, Alaska, who intended conversion to restaurant & dance hall Towed to Kodiak by HECATE PRINCE but believed broken up. Superstructure became a sea wall, her tank bottoms and keel buried where they beached her. Other parts of her are scattered around the town. Previous update by Bruce Biddulph Photo supplied by Bruce Biddulph Previous update by Paul Strathdee Last updated: by David Asprey from the original records by Stuart Cameron Press Back on your Browser to return to Search Results Copyright http://www.clydebuiltships.co.uk and http://www.clydesite.co.uk (except where otherwise stated). Extracts from the database may be used so long as credit is given to this website with a full url published in printed material or embedded in your website, plus credit to the editor(s) who supplied the information. Unfortunately we are unable to deal with requests to research ships, any information found in the database is all the information we have to date or are able to supply. ...more