RMS Empress of Britain (I) — historic photograph

Canadian Pacific Railway

RMS Empress of Britain (I)

Canadian ocean liner from 1906 to 1930

1906 Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company… 14,189 GRT 570 ft Scrapped
14,189GRT
Tonnage
570ft
Length
65ft
Beam
18knots
Speed
1passengers
Passengers

RMS Empress of Britain was a transatlantic ocean liner built by the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company at Govan on the Clyde in Scotland in 1905–1906 for Canadian Pacific Steamship (CP). This ship – the first of three CP ships to be named Empress of Britain – regularly traversed the transatlantic crossing between Canada and Europe until 1923, with the exception of the war years. Empress of Britain was the sister ship of RMS Empress of Ireland, which was lost in 1914.

Text: Wikipedia — RMS Empress of Britain (1905), CC BY-SA 4.0

Tonnage
14,189 GRT, 8,024 NRT
Length
570 ft oa
Beam
65 ft 7.2 in
Speed
18 knots
Passengers
310 1st class passengers
Builder
Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan
Yard number
442
Launched
11 November 1905
Maiden voyage
5 May 1906
In service
1906
Out of service
1930
Owner
1906–1930: Canadian Pacific Railway
Port of registry
Liverpool
Propulsion
Quadruple-expansion steam engines
Fate
Scrapped in 1930
  • 1906–1923: RMS Empress of Britain
  • 1924–1930: Montroyal
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