Princess Liner whale strike

In a repeat of an incident from a decade ago, a cruise ship returned to Vancouver BC with a whale impaled on her bow. The Sapphire Princess had just returned from an Alaskan voyage. Both the Princess liner, and the Celebrity Glaxy on the same date in 1999, struck and killed rare fin whales.

• Princess ship returns from Alaska cruise with rare whale pinned to bow


• Read Princess Cruises' statement
  


• Necropsy set for whale found on cruise ship bow
  


• 1999 Column: Dead whale found pinned by cruise ship just another distraction for tourists


• Necropsy completed on whale found on bow of cruise ship docked in Vancouver