page_title: RMS Empress of Canada (1920)
hierarchical_section_title: RMS Empress of Canada (1920)
caption_attribution_description: English: AWM caption:1941. Starboard side view of the British transport SS "Empress of Canada" which carried New Zealand troops to the Middle East as part of Convoy US-1 in 1940-1941; and this ship carried Australian troops to the United Kingdom as part of Convoy US-3 in 1940-1945. NOTE the defensive arrmament consisting of a 6-inch gun right aft with a 3-inch AA gun sited above it. (Naval Historical Collection)
context_page_description: RMS Empress of Canada was an ocean liner built in 1920 for the Canadian Pacific Steamships by Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Company at Govan on the Clyde in Scotland. This ship—the first of two CP vessels to be named Empress of Canada—regularly traversed the trans-Pacific route between the west coast of Canada and the Far East until 1939.
context_section_description: RMS Empress of Canada was an ocean liner built in 1920 for the Canadian Pacific Steamships (CP) by Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Company at Govan on the Clyde in Scotland. This ship—the first of two CP vessels to be named Empress of Canada—regularly traversed the trans-Pacific route between the west coast of Canada and the Far East until 1939.
caption: Empress of Canada
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