RMS Empress of Japan (1929)
Empress of Japan | |
| History | |
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| Builder | Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, Govan |
| Yard number | 634 |
| Launched | 17 December 1929 |
| Completed | June 1930 |
| In service | 1930 |
| Out of service | 1966 |
| Identification | Official Number: 161430 |
| Fate | Destroyed by fire at New York City harbour, 7 September 1966. Subsequently scrapped in Hamburg |
| General characteristics (as Empress of Scotland) | |
| Type | Ocean liner/cruise ship |
| Tonnage | 26,300 GRT |
| Length | 205 m (673 ft) |
| Beam | 25.5 m (84 ft) |
| Speed | 22 kn (41 km/h; 25 mph) |
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| General characteristics (as Hanseatic) | |
| Type | Ocean liner/cruise ship |
| Tonnage | 30,030 GRT |
| Length | 205 m (673 ft) |
| Beam | 25.5 m (84 ft) |
| Speed | 22 kn (41 km/h; 25 mph) |
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RMS Empress of Japan was an ocean liner built in 1929–1930 by Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Company at Govan on the Clyde in Scotland for Canadian Pacific Steamships (CP). This ship was the second of two CP vessels to be named Empress of Japan – regularly traversed the trans-Pacific route between the west coast of Canada and the Far East until 1942.
In 1942, she was renamed RMS Empress of Scotland – the second of two CP vessels to be named Empress of Scotland. In 1957, the Hamburg Atlantic Line purchased the ship and re-named her TS Hanseatic.