&sq=&lang=&file=File:Every_boy%27s_book_of_railways_and_steamships_(1911)_(14572580797).jpg) RMS Empress of Britain, in Every boy's book of railways and steamships (1911)
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| History | |
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| Owner | 1906–1930: &sq=&lang=&file=File:Canadian_Pacific_house_flag.svg){kind=small} Canadian Pacific Railway |
| Port of registry |  Liverpool |
| Builder | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan |
| Yard number | 442 |
| Way number | 2021 |
| Launched | 11 November 1905 |
| Maiden voyage | 5 May 1906 |
| In service | 1906 |
| Out of service | 1930 |
| Identification | Wireless code letters: MPB |
| Fate | Scrapped in 1930 |
| Notes | Sister ship to Empress of Ireland, which sunk in 1914 and killed 1000+ people |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Ocean liner |
| Tonnage | 14,189 GRT, 8,024 NRT |
| Length | 570 ft (174 m) oa; 550 ft (168 m) pp |
| Beam | 65 ft 7.2 in (19.995 m) |
| Depth | 40 ft (12 m) |
| Propulsion | Quadruple-expansion steam engines |
| Speed | 18 knots (33 km/h) |
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RMS Empress of Britain was a transatlantic ocean liner built by the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company at Govan on the Clyde in Scotland in 1905–1906[Note 1] for Canadian Pacific Steamship (CP). This ship – the first of three CP ships to be named Empress of Britain[Note 2] – regularly traversed the transatlantic crossing between Canada and Europe until 1923, with the exception of the war years. Empress of Britain was the sister ship of RMS Empress of Ireland, which was lost in 1914.
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