There have been three ships named Empress of Britain. All were transatlanticocean liners originally built by Canadian Pacific Steamship Company for travel between Canada and Europe. For the similarly named rock band, see TransAtlantic. ... A postcard of SS United States. ... CP Ships is a large Anglo-Canadian shipping company owned by Canadian Pacific Limited. ... World map exhibiting the location of Europe. ...
The first Empress of Britain was launched in 1905. She was 14,189 gross tons and had a service speed of approximately 18 knots. Her sister ship, Empress of Ireland, sank in the St. Lawrence River with great loss of life. She was scrapped in 1930. [1] [2]
The second Empress of Britain, launched in 1930, was a 42,348 gross ton luxury liner with a speed of 24 knots. She was designed to bring more traffic to the Canada-to-Europe transatlantic route. She was torpedoed by a U-boat and sank off the west coast of Ireland in 1940.
The third Empress of Britain was launched in 1955. She was 25500 gross tons, had a speed of 20 knots, and was one of the first North Atlantic liners to have air conditioning throughout. Her sister ship was the Empress of England. She only did liner service until 1963. She has been sold to a number of different companies and has served under many different names, mostly as a cruise ship. As of 2006 she is named The Topaz and is used by the Peace Boat organization. [3] [4] [5][6]
This article includes a list of ships with the same or similar names. If an internal link for a specific ship referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article, if one exists. The Empress of Ireland was a transatlantic ocean liner owned by Canadian Pacific Steamship Company that sailed between Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, and Liverpool, England. ... The Saint Lawrence River (French fleuve Saint-Laurent) is a large west-to-east flowing river in the middle latitudes of North America, connecting the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean. ... Side elevation plans of the Empress of Britain. ... U-boat is also a nickname for some diesel locomotives built by GE; see List of GE locomotives October 1939. ... For other uses, see Atlantic (disambiguation) The Atlantic Ocean is Earths second-largest ocean, covering approximately one-fifth of its surface. ... Note: in the broadest sense, air conditioning can refer to any form of heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning. ... Pacific Sky sails under Sydney Harbour Bridge A cruise ship is a passenger ship used for pleasure voyages, where the voyage itself and the ships amenities are considered an essential part of the experience. ...
The significance of the Empress of Britain to Canada and to the St. Lawrence route in particular was tremendous.
It was near the end of her life that the Empress of Britain touched the high point of her career, when Their Majesties King George VI and Queen Elizabeth sailed from Halifax aboard her at the end of their official Tour of Canada and visit to the United States (see next page for details).
The Mediterranean was avoided and instead the Empress of Britain took her cruise company to South Africa and thence to India, there to resume the regular cruise route.
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