RMS Empress of Japan (1929)

RMS Empress of Japan in original appearance.
Empress of Japan
History
Name
  • 1930–1942: RMS Empress of Japan
  • 1942–1957: RMS Empress of Scotland
  • 1957–1966: TS Hanseatic
Owner
Operator
  • 1930–1957: Canadian Pacific Line
  • 1957–1958: rebuilt
  • 1958–1966: Hamburg Atlantic Line
Port of registry
BuilderFairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, Govan
Yard number634
Launched17 December 1929
CompletedJune 1930
In service1930
Out of service1966
IdentificationOfficial Number: 161430
FateDestroyed by fire at New York City harbour, 7 September 1966. Subsequently scrapped in Hamburg
General characteristics (as Empress of Scotland)
TypeOcean liner/cruise ship
Tonnage26,300 GRT
Length205 m (673 ft)
Beam25.5 m (84 ft)
Speed22 kn (41 km/h; 25 mph)
Capacity
  • 1,260 (liner service)
  • 960 (cruise service)
General characteristics (as Hanseatic)
TypeOcean liner/cruise ship
Tonnage30,030 GRT
Length205 m (673 ft)
Beam25.5 m (84 ft)
Speed22 kn (41 km/h; 25 mph)
Capacity
  • 1,260 (liner service)
  • 960 (cruise service)

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 (CP). This ship was the second of two CP vessels to be named Empress of Japan[1] – 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.[2] In 1957, the Hamburg Atlantic Line purchased the ship and re-named her TS Hanseatic.[3]

  1. ^ The first SS Empress of Japan (1891) was built for CP to sail the trans-Pacific route.
  2. ^ The first SS Empress of Scotland (1906) was built for HAPAG, purchased by CP in 1921, then re-named.
  3. ^ Miller, William H. (1995). The Pictorial Encyclopedia of Ocean Liners, 1860–1994, p. 46.