page_title: RMS Empress of Britain (1955)
hierarchical_section_title: RMS Empress of Britain (1955)
caption_attribution_description: English: TOPAZ at Kobe Port Terminal of the Kobe harbor ( Kobe, Hyogo, Japan) 日本語: TOPAZ, 神戸ポートターミナル（神戸港, 兵庫県神戸市） Information about Topaz may be found at IMO 5103924. A ship can change name and flag state through time, but the IMO number remains the same through the hull's entire lifetime. As a result, it can be useful to identify a ship by using the IMO number.
context_page_description: RMS Empress of Britain was a transatlantic ocean liner built by Fairfield Shipbuilding at Govan on the Clyde in Scotland in 1955-1956 for Canadian Pacific Steamships. This ship — the third of three CP vessels to be named Empress of Britain — regularly traversed the trans-Atlantic route between Canada and Europe until 1964, completing 123 voyages under the Canadian Pacific flag.
context_section_description: RMS Empress of Britain was a transatlantic ocean liner built by Fairfield Shipbuilding at Govan on the Clyde in Scotland in 1955-1956  for Canadian Pacific Steamships (CP). This ship — the third of three CP vessels to be named Empress of Britain — regularly traversed the trans-Atlantic route between Canada and Europe until 1964, completing 123 voyages under the Canadian Pacific flag.
caption: SS The Topaz at Kobe, Japan in 2006
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