page_title: RMS Empress of Japan (1929)
section_title: 1958–1966: Hanseatic
hierarchical_section_title: RMS Empress of Japan (1929) / Service history / 1958–1966: Hanseatic
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: TS Hanseatic, eingescanntes Dia
context_page_description: RMS Empress of Japan was an ocean liner built in 1929–1930 by Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Company at Govan on the Clyde in Scotland for Canadian Pacific Steamships. This ship was the second of two CP vessels to be named Empress of Japan – regularly traversed the trans-Pacific route between the west coast of Canada and the Far East until 1942.
  In 1942, she was renamed RMS Empress of Scotland – the second of two CP vessels to be named Empress of Scotland. In 1957, the Hamburg Atlantic Line purchased the ship and re-named her TS Hanseatic.
context_section_description: Following her sale to Hamburg Atlantic Line in 1958, the ship was radically rebuilt to meet the expanding market for trans-Atlantic passenger service.  The ship's superstructure and funnels were rebuilt and her passenger accommodations were re-configured.  The vessel emerged as  the 30,030 GRT TS Hanseatic.  The renamed and re-flagged ship was designed to carry as many 1350 passengers in comfortable luxury on the Hamburg-New York route.
  On 8 September 1966, the ship caught fire at New York. The fire developed in the engine room and gutted five decks. Deemed beyond economic repair, she was scrapped shortly thereafter.
caption: TS Hanseatic at sea
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