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| History |
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| Canada |
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| Name | Princess Marguerite |
| Owner | Canadian Pacific Railway |
| Builder | John Brown & Co., Clydebank |
| Launched | 29 November 1924 |
| Commissioned | 1925 |
| Decommissioned | 1941 (as a ferry) |
| Out of service | 1942 (as a troopship) |
| Fate | Torpedoed |
| General characteristics |
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| Tonnage | 5,875 GRT |
| Length | 369 ft (112.5 m) |
| Beam | 60 ft (18.3 m) |
| Propulsion | steam turbine; twin screw |
| Speed | 22.5 kn (41.7 km/h) |
Princess Marguerite II |
| Canada |
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| Name | Princess Marguerite II |
| Owner | |
| Builder | Fairfield Shipbuilders and Engineers Company Ltd., Glasgow, Scotland |
| Acquired | 1948 |
| In service | 1948 |
| Out of service | 1989 |
| Identification | IMO number: 5284900 |
| Fate | Scrapped |
| General characteristics |
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| Tonnage | 5,911 t (5,818 long tons) |
| Length | 373 ft (113.7 m) |
| Beam | 56 ft (17.1 m) |
| Propulsion | |
| Speed | 23 kn (43 km/h) |
| Capacity | 2,000 |
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).
