SS Empress of Britain (2036)

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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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Predicate Object
instanceOf ocean liner
passenger ship
transatlantic liner
attackedBy German aircraft
builder John Brown & Company
builtAt Clydebank
builtInCountry Scotland
causeOfSinking aerial bombing and torpedoing
completedDate 1931-04-05
conflict World War II
conversionYear 1939
convertedTo troop transport
countryOfRegistry United Kingdom
dateSunk 1940-10-28
designedAs luxury liner
enteredService 1931
flag British flag
grossTonnage 42348
homePort Liverpool
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
Canadian Pacific Steamship Company
owner Canadian Pacific Railway Company
passengersEvacuated yes
peacetimeRole transatlantic passenger liner
propulsion geared steam turbines
steam turbines
scrapped false
serviceRoute Liverpool–Montreal
Liverpool–Quebec
United Kingdom–Canada
sisterShip SS Empress of Canada (1928)
SS Empress of Japan (1930)
sunkByNavy Kriegsmarine U-boat arm
linked to: Kriegsmarine
sunkIn World War II
topSpeed 24 knots
torpedoedBy German submarine U-32
voyageAtSinking troopship voyage from Cape Town to the United Kingdom
wartimeRole troopship
yearOfConstruction 1930

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