EDM 732: MV Princess Victoria

That this House remembers the 72nd Anniversary of the sinking of the MV Princess Victoria, which went down off the County Down Coast, with the loss of 135 passengers and crew; notes that the 1950s ferry disaster was the biggest loss of life in UK waters after the second world war; highlights that the disaster happened during a gale-force wind storm, which claimed the lives of two senior Unionist figures, Northern Ireland's Deputy Prime Minister, Maynard Sinclair and North Down MP Sir Walter Smiles; underlines the lifeboats fantastic crew, that saved the lives of 33 of the 44 people rescued and that a vigil is to be held on Donaghadee Harbour to mark the occasion; and remembers the lives of those lost and that this event will never be forgotten.