SS Empress of Britain (2036)

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ocean liner passenger ship transatlantic liner

SS Empress of Britain (1931–1940) was a luxurious Canadian Pacific transatlantic ocean liner, renowned for its elegant design and service between the United Kingdom and Canada before being sunk during World War II.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
SS Empress of Britain (2037) 1
SS Empress of Britain (2038) 1
SS Empress of Britain (2056) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ocean liner ⓘ
passenger ship ⓘ
transatlantic liner ⓘ
attackedBy German aircraft ⓘ
builder John Brown & Company NERFINISHED ⓘ
builtAt Clydebank NERFINISHED ⓘ
builtInCountry Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ
causeOfSinking aerial bombing and torpedoing ⓘ
completedDate 1931-04-05 ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
conversionYear 1939 ⓘ
convertedTo troop transport ⓘ
countryOfRegistry United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
dateSunk 1940-10-28 ⓘ
designedAs luxury liner ⓘ
enteredService 1931 ⓘ
flag British flag ⓘ
grossTonnage 42348 ⓘ
homePort Liverpool NERFINISHED ⓘ
largestLinerSunkByUBoat true ⓘ
launchDate 1930-06-11 ⓘ
lengthOverall 760 ft ⓘ
locationOfSinking off the northwest coast of Ireland ⓘ
notableFor elegant design ⓘ
luxurious accommodation ⓘ
transatlantic passenger service ⓘ
numberOfFunnels 3 ⓘ
numberOfMasts 2 ⓘ
operator Canadian Pacific Line NERFINISHED ⓘ
Canadian Pacific Steamship Company NERFINISHED ⓘ
owner Canadian Pacific Railway Company NERFINISHED ⓘ
passengersEvacuated yes ⓘ
peacetimeRole transatlantic passenger liner ⓘ
propulsion geared steam turbines ⓘ
steam turbines ⓘ
scrapped false ⓘ
serviceRoute Liverpool–Montreal NERFINISHED ⓘ
Liverpool–Quebec NERFINISHED ⓘ
United Kingdom–Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
sisterShip SS Empress of Canada (1928) NERFINISHED ⓘ
SS Empress of Japan (1930) NERFINISHED ⓘ
sunkByNavy Kriegsmarine U-boat arm NERFINISHED ⓘ
sunkIn World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ
topSpeed 24 knots ⓘ
torpedoedBy German submarine U-32 NERFINISHED ⓘ
voyageAtSinking troopship voyage from Cape Town to the United Kingdom ⓘ
wartimeRole troopship ⓘ
yearOfConstruction 1930 ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

John Brown & Company → notableWork → SS Empress of Britain (2036) ⓘ
John Brown & Company → notableWork → SS Empress of Britain (2036) ⓘ
this entity surface form: SS Empress of Britain (2037)
John Brown & Company → notableWork → SS Empress of Britain (2036) ⓘ
this entity surface form: SS Empress of Britain (2038)
John Brown & Company → notableWork → SS Empress of Britain (2036) ⓘ
this entity surface form: SS Empress of Britain (2056)
John Brown & Company → notableWork → SS Empress of Britain (2036) ⓘ
this entity surface form: SS Empress of Britain (2061)
John Brown & Company → notableWork → SS Empress of Britain (2036) ⓘ
this entity surface form: SS Empress of Britain (2062)