Empress of Canada

Empress of Canada

"Empress of Canada" may refer to one of the following ships of the Canadian Pacific Steamship Company:

* "Empress of Canada" (1922), a 21,517-ton convert|653|ft|m|sing=on ship built in Glasgow, Scotland; Vancouver-based ship served the Far East; served as troopship in World War II; torpedoed and sunk off Africa by an Italian submarine in 1943; 392 of 1,800 aboard perished
* "Empress of Canada" (1929), originally the "Duchess of Richmond"; served as troopship in World War II; renamed "Empress of Canada" in 1947; caught fire and capsized in Liverpool in 1953; scrapped the following year
* "Empress of Canada" (1961), transatlantic liner providing service between Canada and the United Kingdom during the summer and cruising from New York City to the Caribbean in the winter; made 121 Atlantic crossings before being sold to Carnival Cruise Lines in 1971; later "Mardi Gras", and "Apollon"

"Empress of Canada" may also refer to a Toronto Harbour cruise ship (1989), [http://www.empressofcanada.com/]


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