RMS Empress of Australia (1919)

Empress Of Australia moored, possibly during the 1920s.
History
Name	1913: Admiral von Tirpitz 1914–1921: Tirpitz 1921: Empress of China 1922–1952: Empress of Australia
Owner	1913–1919: Hamburg America Line 1920–1921: P&O Line (managers) 1921–1952: Canadian Pacific
Port of registry	1913–1919: Hamburg 1920–1952: London
Builder	Vulcan AG, Stettin, Germany (now Szczecin), Poland)
Yard number	333
Launched	20 December 1913
Maiden voyage	1 December 1919
In service	1 December 1919
Out of service	1952
Fate	Scrapped at Thos. W. Ward Inverkeithing 1952
General characteristics
Type	Ocean liner
Tonnage	21,833 GRT, 12,177 NRT
Length	589.9 ft (179.8 m)
Beam	75.2 ft (22.9 m)
Draught	29 ft 3 in (8.92 m)
Depth	41.5 ft (12.6 m)
Decks	2
Installed power	3,603 NHP
Propulsion	DE and 6 SE boilers Six steam turbines driving two propellers by single-reduction gearing
Speed	19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph)
Capacity	400 1st-class, 150 Tourist-class, 635 3rd-class
Crew	520 officers & crew

RMS Empress of Australia was an ocean liner built in 1913–1919 by Vulcan AG shipyard in Stettin, Germany (now Szczecin, Poland) for the Hamburg America Line.^[1] She was refitted for Canadian Pacific Steamships; and the ship – the third of three CP vessels to be named Empress of China^[2] – was renamed yet again in 1922 as Empress of Australia.^[3]

In trans-Pacific service, the ship garnered fame for her part in rescue efforts at Tokyo following the Great Kantō earthquake of 1923.^[4]

In trans-Atlantic service, she earned distinction in 1927 by bringing the Prince of Wales from England to the Diamond Jubilee celebrations in Canada. She was honoured to serve as Royal Yacht during the Royal tour of Canada in 1939.^[4]