An exhibit on the SS Princess Sophia — a Canadian ship that sank in Lynn Canal near Juneau in 1918, claiming all 350 souls onboard and marking one of the worst maritime disasters in Alaska’s history — ...
At least 21 grave markers in Juneau’s Evergreen Cemetery share a common death date: 1918. On Oct. 25, 1918, more than 340 people died when the SS Princess Sophia sank after striking Vanderbilt Reef in ...
The Royal Canadian Mint released a commemorative silver coin Tuesday in honour of the 100th year since the sinking of the SS Princess Sophia, the worst maritime disaster in B.C. history. It sank on ...
The SS Princess Sophia, pictured stranded on Vanderbilt Reef on Oct. 24, 1918, is the subject of a new exhibit that opens today at the Maritime Museum with a special reception. An exhibit chronicling ...
She was among just 85 day-trippers aboard the paddle-steamer SS Princess Alice to survive when disaster struck near Woolwich Pier, just before 8pm on a balmy Tuesday 140 years ago. Split in two when ...
One hundred years since the worst maritime disaster in B.C. history, a new exhibit is resurfacing the story of the largely forgotten tragedy. The Princess Sophia sank off the West Coast near Juneau, ...
Princess Michael of Kent was 'naive and arrogant' to insist she had absolutely no knowledge that her late farther was a Nazi, royal experts claim in a new documentary. Princess Michael: The ...
It was the biggest disaster in Alaska, Yukon and British Columbia history, but remoteness and bad timing have meant that while everyone everywhere knows about the RMS Titanic, few even in Alaska have ...
It’s not the worst maritime disaster in world, or even Canadian history, but it certainly is among the most tragic. Over 344 people waited for a day and half aboard the stricken SS Princess Sophia for ...
On 3 September, 1878, a paddle steamer left Kent on its way to one of the greatest inland maritime disasters in British history. The SS Princess Alice may not be a recognisable name, but in the late ...
Don't miss out on the headlines from Today in History. Followed categories will be added to My News. She was among just 85 day-trippers aboard the paddle-steamer SS Princess Alice to survive when ...
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