| Name: | CASS |
| Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 31/01/1888 |
| Completed: | 06/1888 |
| Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 278 |
| Dimensions: | 1708grt, 1022nrt, 249.0 x 33.2 x 17.7ft |
| Engines: | 2 x T3cyl (19, 30 & 50 x 33ins), 287nhp |
| Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | n/a; (1901: 109860) |
| History: | |
| 06/1888 | Formosa Trading Corp (Hopkins Dunn & Co), Keelung |
| 1894 | Government of Formosa, Keelung |
| 1895 | Government of China, Nanking; renamed ARTHUR |
| 1896 | Renamed CASS |
| 1896 | Renamed NINGCHOW |
| 1899 | Marty & d'Abbadie, Haiphong; renamed HATING (or HA TING) |
| 17/04/1901 | Canadian Pacific Navigation Co Ltd, Vancouver; renamed PRINCESS MAY |
| 1905 | Canadian Pacific Railway Co, Vancouver |
| 1919 | Princess May Steamship Co Ltd, Vancouver |
| 1925 | Di Giorgio & Co Ltd, Vancouver, British Columbia |
| 1933 | Princess May Steamship Co Ltd, Vancouver |
| 4Q/1935 | Sank |
| Comments: | TIC records report the launch name as CHIA SHIH |
| Sister ship was SMITH by the same builder in 1888 | |
| 05/08/1910: Ran aground on Sentinel Island, Alaska | |
| 03/09/1910: Refloated after sliding ways were built and rock blasted away | |
| 4Q/1935: Scuttled off Kingston, Jamaica |
Above photo as PRINCESS MAY is copyright of British Columbia Provincial Archives
Above photo as PRINCESS MAY is copyright of Library of Congress
Above: Alongside at Juneau, Alaska with the rescue tug WILLIAM JOLLIFFE. Photo is courtesy of David Asprey
Newcastle Courant, Friday, 03/02/1888
Shields Daily News, Friday, 15/06/1888