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SS Princess Marguerite
The ''Princess Marguerite'', ''Princess Marguerite II'', and ''Princess Marguerite III'' was a series of Canadian coastal passenger vessels that operated along the west coast of British Columbia and into Puget Sound in Washington State almost continuously from 1925 to 1999. Known locally as “the ''Maggie''”,〔(Seattle Steam Ferry Lands in Retirement, The Bulletin, September 18, 1989 ). Retrieved 2013-01-09〕 they saw the longest service of any vessel that carried passengers and freight between Victoria, Vancouver, and Seattle.〔(Hallmark Society, #61 CPR Steamships ). Retrieved 2013-01-07〕 The vessels were owned and operated by a series of companies, primarily Canadian Pacific Steamships Ltd. (CPSS)〔(The Allen Collection: Canadian Pacific Line ). Retrieved 2013-01-06〕 and British Columbia Steamships Corporation. The first two were part of the CPR "Princess fleet," which was composed of ships having names which began with the title "Princess".〔Turner, Robert D. P.65〕 These were named after Marguerite Kathleen Shaughnessy, who was not a princess but was the daughter of Baron Thomas Shaughnessy, then chairman of the board of CPSS's parent, the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR).
==SS ''Princess Marguerite''==
The first ''Maggie'' was constructed at Clydebank near Glasgow, Scotland in 1924 for the CPR's British Columbia Coast Service. She was a class of vessel the CPR called "miniature luxury liners." On March 25, 1925, the Princess Marguerite departed Scotland on her maiden voyage to Victoria B.C. and for the next 26 years sailed the Triangle Route between Victoria, Vancouver, and Seattle. In 1939 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth sailed from Vancouver to Victoria on board the ''Maggie''.〔(Royalty BC, The 1939 Tour Visiting B.C. ). Retrieved 2013-01-06〕〔(Canadian Military Mail Study Group, page 579 ). Retrieved 2013-01-13〕
In September 1941, the British Admiralty requisitioned the Princess Marguerite for use in the Second World War. After being retrofitted in Esquimalt, she sailed to Hawaii, Australia, the Dutch East Indies, and across the Indian Ocean en route to the Mediterranean, where she served as a troopship.〔(Seawaves Today in History, August 17, 2007 ). Retrieved 2013-01-07〕〔(Canadian Military Mail Study Group, page 579 ). Retrieved 2013-01-13〕 On August 17, 1942, while en route in a convoy from Port Said, Egypt to Cyprus with 125 crewmen and 998 British soldiers on board, the Princess Marguerite was hit by two torpedoes fired by the German submarine U-83, sinking with a loss of between 50 and 60 soldiers and crewmembers.〔(U-boat allies ). Retrieved 2013-01-08〕 News of the sinking was withheld from the public until January 22, 1945.
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