&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:RMS_Empress_of_China_docked_at_Vancouver_circa_1893.jpg) C.P.R. steamer Empress of China at docks. Vancouver, BC, Canada.
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| History | |
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| Name | 1891-1913: Empress of China |
| Owner | 1891-1912:  Canada Canadian Pacific Railway |
| Port of registry | 1891-1912: Canada |
| Builder | Naval Construction & Armament Co., Barrow |
| Laid down | 1890 |
| Launched | 25 March 1890 |
| Maiden voyage | 15 July 1891 |
| Fate | Scrapped in 1912, Yokohama |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Ocean liner |
| Tonnage | 5,905 tons |
| Length | 455.7 ft |
| Beam | 51.2 ft |
| Propulsion | twin propellers |
| Speed | 16 knots |
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RMS Empress of China was an ocean liner built in 1890-1891 by Naval Construction & Armament Co., Barrow, England for Canadian Pacific Steamships (CP).[1] This ship—the first of three CP vessels to be named Empress of China[2]—regularly traversed the trans-Pacific route between the west coast of Canada and the Far East until she struck an underwater reef and sank in Tokyo harbour in 1911.[3]
- ^ Simplon Postcards: Empress of China, 3 images
- ^ The second of three ships named SS Empress of China (1908) was built for Norddeutscher Lloyd Line (NDL), purchased by CP in 1921, then re-named; and the third SS Empress of China (1919) was built for Hamburg America Line (HAPAG), purchased by CP in 1921, then re-named.
- ^ Ship List: Description of Empress of China Archived 4 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine