SS Empress of Scotland (1905)

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SS Empress of Scotland (1905) was a prominent early 20th-century transatlantic ocean liner, originally built as RMS Empress of Japan, that served the Canadian Pacific Steamship Company on routes between Europe and the Pacific.

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SS Empress of Scotland 1
SS Empress of Scotland (1905) canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ocean liner
steamship
builder Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company
builtAt Govan
builtInCountry United Kingdom
category Canadian Pacific steamships
Ocean liners of the United Kingdom
Passenger ships of Canada
class Empress-class ocean liner
completedYear 1891
country Canada
deckConfiguration multiple passenger decks
era early 20th century
fate sold for scrap
flag British flag
homePort Liverpool
Vancouver
hullMaterial steel
launchDate 1890-12-10
notableFor early 20th-century transatlantic service
service on Canadian Pacific’s Pacific routes
operator Canadian Pacific Ocean Services
Canadian Pacific Steamship Company
originalName RMS Empress of Japan
owner Canadian Pacific Railway Company
passengerClass first class
second class
third class
propulsion steam engines
twin screw
renamedAs SS Empress of Scotland
renamingYear 1922
route Pacific route between Canada and Asia
Transatlantic route between Europe and North America
scrappedAt Germany
scrappedYear 1929
serviceEndPort Hong Kong
linked to: Hong Kong, China

Yokohama
serviceEntryYear 1891
serviceRole mail ship
transatlantic passenger service
serviceStartPort Vancouver
sisterShip RMS Empress of China (1891)
RMS Empress of India (1891)
tonnage 16000 gross register tons (approximate)

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John Brown & Company notableWork SS Empress of Scotland (1905)
SS Empress of Scotland (1905) renamedAs SS Empress of Scotland
linked to: SS Empress of Scotland (1905)