Princess (Packet/Excursion, 1905-1918)

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sidewheel
• BOAT TYPE: Packet/Excursion
• BUILT: 1900 by Knox Yard at Harmar, Ohio. Named Francis J. Torrance
• FORMERLY: Francis J. Torrance
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Destroyed in ice flow in January, 1918
• OWNERS: 1905: Coney Island Company
• OFFICERS & CREW: 1905: Captain Jim Mace (pilot); 1914: Captain Harry Doss (pilot)
• RIVERS: Ohio River; Kentucky River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - 4596; The Princess and the Island Queen teamed in the Cincinnati-Coney Island trade from 1906-1917. She was being wintered in the mouth of the Kentucky River, 1917-1918 when ice broke her loose. She landed above Madison, Indiana with her hull upside down