RMS Empress of Canada (1920)
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For other ships with the same name, see RMS Empress of Canada.
RMS Empress of Canada was an ocean liner built in 1920 for the Canadian Pacific Steamships (CP) by Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Company at Govan on the Clyde in Scotland. This ship—the first of three CP vessels to be named Empress of Canada[lower-alpha 1]—regularly traversed the trans-Pacific route between the west coast of Canada and the Asian waters until 1939.
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RMS Empress of Canada docked at Vancouver June 1936. | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | Empress of Canada |
Owner | Canadian Pacific Steamships |
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Port of registry | 1922–1939: Canada |
Ordered | 1920 |
Builder | Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, Govan |
Cost | Approximately $6,800,000 |
Yard number | 528 |
Launched | 18 August 1920[1] |
Completed | May 1922 |
Maiden voyage | 5 May 1922 |
In service | 5 May 1922 |
Out of service | 14 March 1943 |
Fate | Torpedoed and sunk 14 March 1943 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Ocean liner |
Tonnage | 21,517 GRT |
Length | |
Beam | 77.7 ft (23.7 m)[1] |
Propulsion | 6 steam turbines |
Speed | 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
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