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		The reign of Queen Victoria may be aptly described as a period of progress in all that related to the well-being of the subjects of her vast empire.
		Victoria [the Princess Royal] plays with my old bricks, &c., and I see her running and jumping in the flower-garden, as old, though I fear still _little_, Victoria of former days used to do.' Bishop Fulford of Montreal remembered seeing her when four months old in the arms of her nurse.
		In August 1835, the Princess Victoria was confirmed in the Chapel Royal, St James's, by the Archbishop of Canterbury; and she was so much moved by the solemn service, that at the close of it she laid her head on her mother's breast, and sobbed with emotion.
	www.cise.ufl.edu /mirrors/gutenberg/etext06/8qvic10.txt (18429 words)

	MV Princess Victoria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The MV Princess Victoria sank on 31 January 1953 in the North Channel.
		The sinking of Princess Victoria occurred during a severe European windstorm which also caused the North Sea Flood of 1953, claiming 531 fatalities in the UK alone, although this was the worst single incident in that storm.
		In 2003, on the 50th anniversary, a plaque commemorating the sinking was unveiled in Stranraer.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/MV_Princess_Victoria (485 words)

	Princess Victoria Disaster Remembered 50 Years On
		On the morning of the 31st of January 1953 the Princess Victoria was berthed at Stranraer's railway pier loading for her morning crossing to Larne.
		By 0850 the Princess Victoria was passing Milleur buoy at the northern end of Loch Ryan and was moving into the dangerous unsheltered waters of the North Channel.
		With this course the Princess Victoria continued taking the heavy seas on the bow but she was eventually turned west for Larne and this exposed the car deck doors to more of the heavy sea.
	www.larneferryweb.com /features/2003/princess_victoria_50/princess_victoria_50th.htm (2244 words)

	Princess Victoria disaster
		A NEW book about the tragic loss of the car ferry Princess Victoria while travelling from Stranraer to Larne almost 50 years ago recalls three local people who were on board when she set out on what was to be her final voyage.
		Her progress up Loch Ryan was slowed by the heavy weather and it took about an hour to reach the open sea where the storm had strengthened to produce waves well in excess of 45 feet.
		He was close to the bridge and heard Captain Ferguson shout that if the Princess Victoria had to be abandoned every_ one was to try to get into either a lifeboat or a raft.
	www.lisburn.com /history/memories/victoria.html (1600 words)

	BBC NEWS \| N Ireland \| Ferry disaster victims remembered
		The ferry Princess Victoria went down off the County Down coast with only 44 survivors out of 177 people who set out that stormy morning on the short crossing from Scotland.
		The Princess Victoria was now practically on her side, and preparations to abandon ship began around 1300 GMT.
		The wreckage of the Princess Victoria still lies at the bottom of the Irish Sea, five miles north north east of the Copeland Islands.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/northern_ireland/2705901.stm (1096 words)

	Princess Victoria at AllExperts (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.tamu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The name came into wide-spread use among royal families during the reign of Queen Victoria, who requested that Victoria be among the names of all of her female grandchildren and Albert, after her beloved consort, for her male grandchildren.
		Princess Victoria* of Hesse and the Rhine (1863-1950), wife of Prince Louis of Battenburg.
		*Princess Viktoria Luise of Prussia (1892-1980), daughter of Wilhelm II of Germany, married Ernst August, Prince of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick.
	experts.about.com.cob-web.org:8888 /e/p/pr/Princess_Victoria.htm (442 words)

	Princess Victoria (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.tamu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		As late as 1200, 'Princess Victoria' was still indicating her position relative to Corsewall Point and at 1232 she radioed that she was 7 miles West of Killantringan Light House, (near Portpatrick), and still on the Scottish coast.
		The loss of the M V 'Princess Victoria' was caused or contributed to by the default of the owners and the manager in that they were negligent before the disaster:
		No traces of the 'Princess Victoria' or her passengers or crew were sighted by 'Tenacious'.
	www.searcher-na.co.uk.cob-web.org:8888 /princess_victoria.htm (2302 words)

	THE RUSSIAN IMPERIAL SUCCESSION By Brien Purcell Horan
		Since the princess was born into a family that reigned over a kingdom, she was by definition of royal birth.
		From early childhood, Princess Victoria Melita, through the influence of her mother, is said by one of her biographers to have been drawn towards the Orthodox faith.
		Princess Helene, a daughter of the French pretender, the Comte de Paris, was a member of the Orleans dynasty, which had been dethroned in France in 1848.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/Thebes/6517/indexmainlaws.html (15928 words)

	Artificial Reefs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The sinking site was chosen for its close proximity to local dive shop operators and for its flat sandy bottom on which to land the ship.
		Saskatchewan was moored at a Nanaimo pier for two weeks prior to its sinking and was open for public tours for a last look prior to being passed into the arms of the sea.
		On the day prior to the sinking, the engine room was flooded in an attempt to lower the ship’s center of gravity.
	www.tourismvictoria.com /Content/EN/476.asp (1161 words)

	Scotsman.com Heritage & Culture - Scotland's People - Tragic loss of a princess and her people
		The sinking in 1953 of the MV Princess Victoria in rough seas off the coast of Northern Ireland claimed 135 lives.
		The MV Princess Victoria, or the Vic as she was known, sails proudly after its launch.
		The Princess Victoria was a disaster that probably could have been avoided, but the in-built dangers of the roll on, roll off design and the extreme weather it experienced combined to make a sinking an extreme likelihood.
	heritage.scotsman.com /people.cfm?id=456852006 (1218 words)

	::: u.tv ::: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		A plaque is being unveiled at Donaghadee Harbour in Co Down on Friday marking the 50 anniversary of the sinking of the Princess Victoria ferry disaster.
		The final resting place of the wreck of the Princess Victoria was only found by divers 10 years ago on the sea bed off the Copeland Islands at the mouth of Belfast Lough.
		The Princess Victoria was the first generation of roll-on roll-off ferries to be built after the Second World War.
	u.tv /newsroom/indepth.asp?id=28127 (754 words)

	Sealetter New Cruise Ship Information Golden Princess December 2001
		The Princess fleet was the industry's first to be so inducted in 1999, joining an exclusive list of chefs and their fine hotels and restaurants from around the globe that have been granted membership in this society, whose symbol is recognized worldwide as a mark of culinary excellence.
		Princess was the first line to introduce live web cams on its web site, showing the locales of its 10 ships around the world in real time.
		Princess is generally regarded as a leader in maritime medicine, with a program that meets or exceeds all of the medical guidelines issued by the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) as well as the mandatory standards proposed by the International Council of Cruise Lines (ICCL).
	www.sealetter.com /Dec-01/newgold.html (6497 words)

	DiamondJubilee
		On September 23, 1896, Queen Victoria became the British longiest reigning monarch, overpassing the 59 years and 96 days her grandfather King Geroge III had reigned.
		Her granddaughter, Princess Helena Victoria, took the task of writting the Queen's Journal for her and Princess Beatrice wrote her letters.
		On Wednesday January 16th, Queen Victoria went for a ride in her donkey chaise in the grounds of Osborne House.
	www.geocities.com /jesusib/DiamondJubilee.html (1401 words)

	The Wreck of the Princess Sophia
		This model of the Princess Sophia is approximately four feet long and is on loan to the Maritime Museum of British Columbia.
		After the Princess Sophia sat on the reef for most of the next day, it became apparent that the weather and the seas were getting worse.
		Another steamer, the Princess Alice, was initially dispatched to Juneau to assist in rescue efforts when the news of the grounding finally reached Vancouver.
	www.ktoo.org /sophia (1450 words)

	History of the Canadian Princess : Provided by the Canadian Princess Resort
		The Canadian Princess, previously the William J. Stewart, was considered one of the finest coastal crafts in Canada and made an important contribution to the safety of mariners in her 43 years of service (1932-1975) as a hydrographic survey ship.
		She was given a 40 degree list by the tide and lay imbedded on her side in the mud necessitating that she be put on an even keel before any attempt could be made to re-float her.
		In 1979, the William J. Stewart was purchased by the Oak Bay Marine Group of Victoria, renamed the Canadian Princess and refurbished.
	www.canadianprincess.com /resort/history (461 words)

	LostLiners.com - The ShipYard
		Owned by the London Steamboat Company, Princess Alice's passenger capacity was 936, although it is uncertain how many people were aboard for a quiet Sunday cruise in the Thames estuary on September 3rd, 1878.
		An inquiry found that the condition of the water contributed to the death toll and efforts were made to clean the river after the disaster.
		Princess Alice was not an ocean liner, but was of personal interest to a friend.
	www.lostliners.com /Liners/Princess_Alice (192 words)

	BBC ON THIS DAY \| 31 \| 1953: 130 die in ferry disaster
		The Princess Victoria, a British Railways car ferry, bound for Larne in Northern Ireland, had left Stranraer on the south-west coast of Scotland an hour before when the stern gates to the car deck were forced open in heavy seas.
		A total of 67 bodies were recovered from the sea after the Princess Victoria sank.
		An inquiry into the disaster was told the rescue ship, HMS Contest, took longer than expected to reach the Princess Victoria because of confusion over her exact position.
	news.bbc.co.uk /onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/31/newsid_2505000/2505913.stm (591 words)

	AmericanHeritage.com / 1857
		Victoria is Queen, Viscount Palmerston, that perennial officer of the Crown, is Prime Minister, and large areas of the world are colored a comforting, imperial red.
		Those who wish to be presented to Queen Victoria at her levee gather in the Long Gallery at St. James’s Palace, the gentlemen in court dress, including knee breeches, the ladies with the trains of their fine dresses draped over the left arm.
		Victoria at this moment is a plump, nice-looking matron of thirty-eight, less than five feet tall.
	www.americanheritage.com /articles/magazine/ah/1969/1/1969_1_81.shtml (11058 words)

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		If you find yourself in the unlikely situation of sinking in quicksand, there is a way to avoid complete submersion.
		One of Queen Victoria’s wedding gifts was a slab of cheese with a diameter of three meters and a weight of ½ a ton.
		Through her life, Princess Alexandra of Bavaria was convinced that as a child, she had swallowed a full-size grand piano.
	www.angelfire.com /freak2/princessrhiannon/trivia.htm (3243 words)

	Scotsman.com Heritage & Culture - Maps - Disasters
		Sinking of the Princess Victoria The Scottish-built ferry MV Princess Victoria sank in rough seas, claiming 135 lives and marking Britain's greatest maritime tragedy since the end of the Second World War.
		Sinking of HMS Royal Oak The cruelty of war came to the Scottish shores in 1939 with the German sinking of the HMS Royal Oak off Orkney that left more than 800 men dead.
		The sinking of the SS Daphne It was to be a grand occasion.
	heritage.scotsman.com /diagrams.cfm (854 words)

	XIL THE REIGN OF VICTORIA - Online Information article about XIL THE REIGN OF VICTORIA
		VICTORIA (or VITTORIA), TOMMASSO LUDOVICO DA (C. Victoria's accession.
		BUDGET (originally from a Gallic word meaning sack, latinized as bulga, leather wallet or bag, thence in O. Fr.
		Budget sinking into deeper poverty and misery year after year.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /WIL_YAK/XIL_THE_REIGN_OF_VICTORIA.html (5782 words)

	The Princess Victoria disaster (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.tamu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		"Princess Victoria" left Stranraer on the morning of 31st January, 1953, carrying 127 passengers for Larne.
		When "Princess Victoria" finally stopped in sight of the Irish Coast her list had increased to 45 degrees.
		On 20th October 1953, Mrs Muriel Broadfoot, of Royal Avenue, Stranraer, accompanied by her 13-year-old son William, attended an investiture at Buckingham Palace to receive the George Cross from HM the Queen, which had been awarded posthumously to her husband.
	www.save500khz.org.cob-web.org:8888 /gzmn.htm (714 words)

	Bermuda : In Depth \| Frommers.com
		The daughter of Queen Victoria, she spent several months in Bermuda in 1883.
		Her husband was the governor-general of Canada, so she traveled to Bermuda to escape the fierce northern cold.
		Although Bermuda hosted many royal visitors in the 20th century, including Queen Elizabeth II, Princess Louise was the first royal personage to set foot in the colony.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/bermuda/0091010012.html (995 words)

	Roberts, Memories of four-score years
		The rector was Archdeacon Sinclair, who always read his sermons, and of which it was said that they were taken in rotation so that regular attendants could always tell, at stated intervals, which particular sermon was forthcoming.
		I have heard it stated that Queen Victoria spoke of the Earl of Warwick as the courtliest man in Europe, and in appearance and manner he must assuredly have answered that description.
		I remember that people—notably Americans—who used to flock in great numbers to see the castle would contrive, if possible, to catch sight of Lord Warwick if he happened to be anywhere in the grounds, and he would sometimes be put to it to get out of their way.
	www.victorianweb.org /books/roberts.htm (16368 words)

	Cruise ship news and shipping reports at MARITIME MATTERS.COM
		May 23: Princess Cruises' DIAMOND PRINCESS, with 2,600 passengers on board, was pushed into the end of a pier at Odgen point, Victoria, BC, by high winds as she was attempting to dock just after 6PM on May 21.
		PRINCESA VICTORIA did, indeed, leave for the breakers, but her destination is now said to be Alang, not Chittagong.
		Princess CEO Peter Ratcliffe said the decision to go to Japan was prompted by a desire to diversify shipbuilding locations, however, Mitsubishi is not actively pursuing additional cruise ship orders.
	www.maritimematters.com /shipnews2004a.html (11865 words)

	Lusitania - Diane Preston - Penguin Group (USA)
		His mother was Queen Victoria's eldest daughter, Victoria, whose nickname was Vicky, and his father the Prussian heir Frederick, known to the British royal family as Fritz.
		It was Princess Victoria's aim to make her son a liberal, constitutional ruler.
		He rushed to Victoria's bedside when she was dying in 1901 and is said to have held her in his arms as she passed away.
	us.penguingroup.com /nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,0_9780425189986,00.html (4893 words)

	Kew: A year at Kew: Places
		They were first discovered in Bolivia in 1801 and subsequently named in honour of Queen Victoria.
		The enormous leaves, which grow to over 2.5m across, have a network of protruding ribs on the underside, which give the leaf buoyancy and stability.
		As each flower matures, it changes colour from white, through pink, to purplish-red, finally sinking below the surface.
	www.rbgkew.org.uk /plants/waterlilies (105 words)

	The Weather Notebook \| The Wreck of the Princess Sophia
		It’s October 23, 1918: Late autumn weather along the Alaska coast is generally stormy, so passage aboard Princess Sophia’s last voyage before winter set in was at a premium.
		Princess Sophia ran aground on Vanderbilt Reef, 45 miles north of Juneau.
		When her boiler room flooded, the boilers exploded, shattering portholes and blowing away part of the deck.
	www.weathernotebook.org /transcripts/2005/10/03.php (332 words)

	Death in the North Channel: The Loss of the Princess Victoria - Irish Interest (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Belfast was the birthplace of the famous Titanic, lost in the well known disaster of April 1912.
		However, fifty years ago Ulster was associated with another important maritime disaster when the Princess Victoria, a pioneer ro-ro ferry, foundered off Belfast Lough after its car deck had become flooded on its way from Stranraer to Larne in January 1953.
		The disaster has particularly strong associations with Stranraer, where many of the crew were based, and with Northern Ireland, which accounted for the bulk of the passengers.
	www.colourpoint.co.uk /titles/1904242014-3.html (248 words)

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