SS Empress of Britain (2064)

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SS Empress of Britain (launched in 1905) was a prominent early 20th-century Canadian Pacific ocean liner known for transatlantic passenger service between the United Kingdom and Canada.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ocean liner ⓘ
passenger ship ⓘ
builtFor Canadian Pacific Steamship Company ⓘ
builtForService North Atlantic ⓘ
builtIn Glasgow ⓘ
Govan ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
category Ocean liners of Canada ⓘ
Passenger ships of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Ships built on the River Clyde ⓘ
Steamships ⓘ
class Empress-class ocean liner ⓘ
conflictInvolvement World War I ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
crewSize about 400 crew (approximate) ⓘ
decommissioned 1930 ⓘ
flag United Kingdom ⓘ
funnelCount 2 ⓘ
hullMaterial steel ⓘ
IMOCategory historic passenger ship ⓘ
launchDate 1905 ⓘ
length about 570 feet ⓘ
mastCount 2 ⓘ
maximumSpeed about 20 knots ⓘ
notableFor early 20th-century Canadian Pacific transatlantic service ⓘ
operator Canadian Pacific Line ⓘ
Canadian Pacific Steamship Company ⓘ
owner Canadian Pacific Railway Company ⓘ
passengerCapacity over 1500 passengers (approximate) ⓘ
propulsion steam turbines ⓘ
twin screw ⓘ
refit converted to troopship during World War I ⓘ
renamed Montroyal ⓘ
renameYear 1924 ⓘ
roleDuringWar troop transport ⓘ
route Liverpool–Montreal ⓘ
Liverpool–Quebec ⓘ
United Kingdom–Canada transatlantic service ⓘ
scrapped 1930 ⓘ
scrappedAt Newport ⓘ
scrappedInCountry United Kingdom ⓘ
serviceEntryYear 1906 ⓘ
shipyard Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company ⓘ
sisterShip SS Empress of Asia ⓘ
SS Empress of Ireland ⓘ
tonnage 14300 gross register tons (approximate) ⓘ
usedFor cargo transport ⓘ
mail transport ⓘ
transatlantic passenger service ⓘ

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John Brown & Company → notableWork → SS Empress of Britain (2064) ⓘ
John Brown & Company → notableWork → SS Empress of Britain (2065) ⓘ
linked to: SS Empress of Britain (2064)
John Brown & Company → notableWork → SS Empress of Britain (2068) ⓘ
linked to: SS Empress of Britain (2064)