Empress of Japan (2) | Norway Heritage

Ship Data

Type	Built	Burden	Dimensions	Line / Owner
S.S.	1929 at Glasgow by Fairfield Shipbuilding & Eng. Co. Ltd.	26032 gross	644ft x 84ft x 44ft	Canadian Pacific Line

Empress of Japan (2), Canadian Pacific Line steamship
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Empress of Japan (2), on this picture shown as the Empress of Scotland (2)
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Year	Event
1929	Dec. 17: Launched
1930	June 14: Departed on her maiden voyage from Liverpool to Quebec and Southampton
1930	Aug. 7: First voyage between Hong Kong - Yokahama - Vancouver
1939	Nov. 26: Requisitioned for WW2 service as a troopship
1942	Oct. 16: Renamed Empress of Scotland following the entry of Japan in WW2
1948	Refitted by builder, new tonnage of 26,313 gross, promenade deck glassed in
1950	May 9: First post-war sailing, Liverpool - Greenock - Quebec
1966	Sept. 7: Damaged by fire in New York - sold for scrap and broken up at Hamburg

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