SS Empress of Scotland (1905)

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SS Empress of Scotland (1905) was a prominent early 20th-century transatlantic ocean liner, originally built as RMS Empress of Japan, that served the Canadian Pacific Steamship Company on routes between Europe and the Pacific.

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Label Occurrences
SS Empress of Scotland 1
SS Empress of Scotland (1905) canonical 1

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ocean liner ⓘ
steamship ⓘ
builder Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company ⓘ
builtAt Govan ⓘ
builtInCountry United Kingdom ⓘ
category Canadian Pacific steamships ⓘ
Ocean liners of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Passenger ships of Canada ⓘ
class Empress-class ocean liner ⓘ
completedYear 1891 ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
deckConfiguration multiple passenger decks ⓘ
era early 20th century ⓘ
fate sold for scrap ⓘ
flag British flag ⓘ
homePort Liverpool ⓘ
Vancouver ⓘ
hullMaterial steel ⓘ
launchDate 1890-12-10 ⓘ
notableFor early 20th-century transatlantic service ⓘ
service on Canadian Pacific’s Pacific routes ⓘ
operator Canadian Pacific Ocean Services ⓘ
Canadian Pacific Steamship Company ⓘ
originalName RMS Empress of Japan ⓘ
owner Canadian Pacific Railway Company ⓘ
passengerClass first class ⓘ
second class ⓘ
third class ⓘ
propulsion steam engines ⓘ
twin screw ⓘ
renamedAs SS Empress of Scotland ⓘ
renamingYear 1922 ⓘ
route Pacific route between Canada and Asia ⓘ
Transatlantic route between Europe and North America ⓘ
scrappedAt Germany ⓘ
scrappedYear 1929 ⓘ
serviceEndPort Hong Kong ⓘ
linked to: Hong Kong, China

Yokohama ⓘ
serviceEntryYear 1891 ⓘ
serviceRole mail ship ⓘ
transatlantic passenger service ⓘ
serviceStartPort Vancouver ⓘ
sisterShip RMS Empress of China (1891) ⓘ
RMS Empress of India (1891) ⓘ
tonnage 16000 gross register tons (approximate) ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

John Brown & Company → notableWork → SS Empress of Scotland (1905) ⓘ
SS Empress of Scotland (1905) → renamedAs → SS Empress of Scotland ⓘ
linked to: SS Empress of Scotland (1905)