1949 S. S. SS Princess Marguerite Passenger Ship Canada Canadian Postcard

Description: 1949 S. S. SS Princess Marguerite Passenger Ship Canada Canadian Postcard “S. S. Princess Marguerite - 1949”. Postally used stamps in 1949 with message and is approximately 5 5/8” by 3 1/2”. Postcard has a 1/8” lower right corner crease, light soiling, and corner and edge wear. Always see pictures. Per Internet: 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”, they saw the longest service of any vessel that carried passengers and freight between Victoria, Vancouver, and Seattle. The vessels were owned and operated by a series of companies, primarily Canadian Pacific Railway Company (CPSS) 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". 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). 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, Princess Marguerite departed Scotland on her maiden voyage to Victoria British Columbia 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 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 to Cyprus with 125 crewmen and 998 British soldiers on board, Princess Marguerite was hit by two torpedoes fired by the German submarine U-83, sinking the vessel with a loss of between 50 and 60 soldiers and crew members. News of the sinking was withheld from the public until January 22, 1945. We try really hard to give great service to our customers.Please check out our other eBay auctions.

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