RMS Empress of Canada (1920)

RMS Empress of Canada docked at Vancouver, June 1936.
History
United Kingdom
NameEmpress of Canada
OwnerCanadian Pacific Steamships
Operator
Port of registry1922–1939: Canada
Ordered1920
BuilderFairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, Govan
CostApproximately $6,800,000
Yard number528
Launched18 August 1920
CompletedMay 1922
Maiden voyage5 May 1922
In service5 May 1922
Out of service14 March 1943
FateTorpedoed and sunk 14 March 1943
General characteristics
TypeOcean liner
Tonnage21,517 GRT
Length
  • 653 ft (199.0 m) oa
  • 627 ft (191.1 m)
Beam77.7 ft (23.7 m)
Propulsion6 steam turbines
Speed18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Capacity
  • 488 1st class passengers
  • 109 2nd class passengers
  • 926 3rd class passengers

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—regularly traversed the trans-Pacific route between the west coast of Canada and the Asian waters until 1939.

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