page_title: RMS Empress of Canada (1960)
section_title: Canadian Pacific
hierarchical_section_title: RMS Empress of Canada (1960) / Canadian Pacific
caption_attribution_description: English: 1971 view from Princes Landing Stage, Liverpool with Manxman.
context_page_description: RMS Empress of Canada was an ocean liner launched in 1960 and completed the following year by Vickers-Armstrongs of Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne, England for Canadian Pacific Steamships Ltd.. This ship, the third CP vessel to be named Empress of Canada, regularly traversed the transatlantic route between Liverpool and Canada for the next decade. Although Canadian Pacific Railways was incorporated in Canada, the Atlantic liners were owned and operated by the British registered subsidiary Canadian Pacific Steamships Ltd. and were always British flagged and manned and therefore Empress of Canada was not the flagship of the Canadian Merchant Marine.
context_section_description: On April 24, 1961 she left Liverpool bound for Montreal on her maiden voyage, which proved to be a success. She undertook her first winter cruise in December of that year, which again proved to be a great success since she was fully air-conditioned like her sister vessels.
  Time had trouble ahead for the transatlantic route which resulted in famous ships leaving or never sailing again such as the SS United States and RMS Queen Mary. The reason behind this was the increase in air traffic. Because of World War II there were huge developments in aviation design which resulted in faster flights across the ocean. As time went on Empress of Canada did fewer and fewer trips across the Atlantic and by 1969 she completed only seven Atlantic voyages and spent the rest of her time cruising in the Caribbean. In 1968 Canadian Pacific modernised her look, changing their house flag, colour schemes and new funnel design.
  After completing 121 transatlantic voyages and 82 cruises for the Canadian Pacific line she made her final arrival at Liverpool on November 23, 1971, thus closing for good the Liverpool–Canada link. She remained at Liverpool until December 14 and then sailed for London's Tilbury docks for lay up, arriving (for the first and only time) at her port of registry on December 17.
caption: Empress of Canada at Liverpool, 1971, with the Manxman.
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