Empress of Britain (1) | Norway Heritage

Ship Data

Type	Built	Burden	Dimensions	Line / Owner
S.S.	1905 at Glasgow by Fairfield Shipbuilding & Eng. Co. Ltd.	14,189 gross	548.8ft x 65.7ft	Canadian Pacific Line

Empress of Britain, Canadian Pacific Line steamship
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Empress of Britain (1), Canadian Pacific Line steamship
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Sectional view of the S/S Empress of Ireland

Sectional view of the sisters Empress of Ireland and Empress of Britain, from an old postcard sent by a passenger on the Empress of Ireland in 1906 from Rimouski to Sweden
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Chronological History

Year	Event
1905	Nov. 11, launched
1906	May 5, maiden voyage Liverpool - Quebec
1912	July 27, collided with and sank the S/S Helvetia off Cape Magdeleine
1914	Bacame an armed merchant cruiser
1915	May, troop transport
1919	March 23, returned to ordinary passenger service
1919	August, rebuilt and converted to oil fuel by Fairfield Shipbuilding & Eng. Co. Ltd.
1920	September, returned to ordinary passenger service
1924	April, renamed Montroyal, tonnage 15,646 gross, accommodation: 600 cabin-class and 800 3rd-class
1927	April, first voyage Antwerp - Southampton - Cherbourg - Quebec
1929	September, laid up
1930	June, scrapped at Stavanger, Norway

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Empress of Britain (1)

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Empress of Britain (1) – image 2

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Empress of Britain (1) – image 3

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S.S. Empress of Britain (1), Canadian Pacific Line

Ship Data

Chronological History

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