SS Empress of Britain (2064)

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

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