oil-fired boilers could do the work of three coal-fired ones. Oil fuel also allowed a major saving on labor costs. One man on an oil-fueled ship could do work that on a coal-fired ship would require as many as 18 firemen and 9 trimmers. Refueling was also much simpler and faster. Later history In 1919 the ship was sold to the Princess May (Steam ship) Company and transferred to the Caribbean. In the early 1930s the ship was deliberately sunk. Notes References Newell, Gordon R. ed., H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest, Superior Publishing, Seattle WA (1966) Turner, Robert D., Pacific Princesses – An Illustrated History of Canadian Pacific Railway's Princess Fleet on the Northwest Coast, Sono Nis Press, Victoria, BC (1977) Further reading Hacking, Norman R., and Lamb, W. Kaye, The Princess Story – A Century and A Half of West Coast Shipping, Mitchell Press, Vancouver BC (1974) 1888 ships 1910 in Alaska History of Taiwan Maritime incidents in 1910 Ships built on the River Tyne Ships of CP Ships Shipwrecks of the Alaska coast Steamships of Canada