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| Keywords: outdoor ship vehicle "C. P. R. S. S. Princess Marguerite, on Triangle Run between Seattle, U. S. A., Victoria and vancouver, Canada" Post Card. 103930-N. The Coast Publishing Co., Vancouver, B. C. Imprime aux Etats Unis d'Amerique. SS Princess Marguerite Owner: Canadian Pacific Steamships Ltd. Builder: John Brown & Co., Clydebank, Scotland Tonnage: 5,875 tons (5,782 long tons) Length: 369 feet (112 m); Beam: 60 feet (18 m) Propulsion: Steam turbine; twin screw Speed: 22.5 knots (41.7 km/h) Launched: September 1924 Fate: Decommissioned as ferry September 1941; Torpedoed, sunk as troopship August 17, 1942. 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. 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. 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. News of the sinking was withheld from the public until January 22, 1945. "C. P. R. S. S. Princess Marguerite, on Triangle Run between Seattle, U. S. A., Victoria and vancouver, Canada" Post Card. 103930-N. The Coast Publishing Co., Vancouver, B. C. Imprime aux Etats Unis d'Amerique. SS Princess Marguerite Owner: Canadian Pacific Steamships Ltd. Builder: John Brown & Co., Clydebank, Scotland Tonnage: 5,875 tons (5,782 long tons) Length: 369 feet (112 m); Beam: 60 feet (18 m) Propulsion: Steam turbine; twin screw Speed: 22.5 knots (41.7 km/h) Launched: September 1924 Fate: Decommissioned as ferry September 1941; Torpedoed, sunk as troopship August 17, 1942. 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. 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. 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. News of the sinking was withheld from the public until January 22, 1945. | ||||
