SS Empress of Britain (2064)

E1000305

ocean liner passenger ship

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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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
SS Empress of Britain (1905)	0
SS Empress of Britain (2065)	1
SS Empress of Britain (2068)	1

Statements (49)

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

Referenced by (3)

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

John Brown & Company → notableWork → SS Empress of Britain (2064) ⓘ

this entity surface form: SS Empress of Britain (2065)

John Brown & Company → notableWork → SS Empress of Britain (2064) ⓘ

this entity surface form: SS Empress of Britain (2068)