Troop Ship SS Marguerite?

[Alan24]

The 21st KRRC sailed on this ship 5th May 1916 - from Southampton to Havre.

 

Having trouble finding details on this ship and wondered if it was previously the paddle steamer SS La Marguerite.

 

Maybe the LA was dropped when it became HMT Marguerite?

 

As I understand, SS Princess Marguerite wasn't built until 1924 so can't be that.

 

Regards

 

Alan.

Edited 16 December , 2018 by Alan24

[Kath]

SS Marguerite is mentioned in this post as being a paddleship and transportiing troops from Southampton.

Is this her?

https://www.francisfrith.com/uk/beaumaris/beaumaris-the-pier-and-ss-marguerite-1911_63294

[DavidOwen]

There are 1915 crew lists for both La Marguerite (reg number 102875) and Marguerite (reg number 105051) at TNA so presumably they were different vessels.

[Kath]

"La Marguerite" was a steamer.

Four stokers were killed when a boiler exploded.

Dover Express 03 March 1916

Dover Express 22 October 1915

Edited 16 December , 2018 by Kath

[MKC]

 

Hi Alan

 

The 1,554 ton PS La Marguerite was built in 1894. It was used for trooping between Southampton and French ports from March 1915 to May 1919. Operated by Liverpool & North Wales SS Company Ltd. 

 

The only SS Marguerite of any reasonable size (1,000 ton +) I can find are all French cargo ships not used for trooping, and not paddle wheelers.

 

In the absence of any other information, I would suggest the references to trooping are to the La Marguerite. I'd also suggest the image of the "SS Marguerite" in the Frith image referenced in post 2 is actually the PS La Marguerite. 

 

The Marguerite referenced in post 3, ident number 105051, was a 250 ton tugboat that was supposedly lost in 1908, so I'm wondering how it had a crew list in 1915: must have got my wires crossed somewhere! 

 

Mike

 

 

 

 

Edited 16 December , 2018 by MKC

[David Porter]

The answer comes from the War Diary of the Base Commandant, Havre (WO 95/4030-4):

[Alan24]

3 hours ago, David Porter said:

The answer comes from the War Diary of the Base Commandant, Havre (WO 95/4030-4):

 

Thanks for all the information given in the above posts.

 

David, that's a very interesting document there...don't suppose you have a page for 19 May 1916. My GGF landed at Havre 10am on that date and often wondered what ship he went over on.

 

I'll have a look to see if it's downloadable from TNA anyway.

 

Regards

 

Alan