RMS Empress of Russia

Empress of Russia
History
Canada
NameEmpress of Russia
OwnerCanadian Pacific Railway
Operator Canadian Pacific SS Co Ltd
Port of registryVancouver
RouteVancouver – Hong Kong
BuilderFairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, Govan
Yard number484
Launched28 August 1912
CompletedMarch 1913
Maiden voyage1 April 1913
Identification
FateScrapped 1945, Barrow
General characteristics
TypeOcean liner
Tonnage
  • 16,810 GRT
  • tonnage under deck 12,557
  • 8,789 NRT
Length570 ft (173.7 m)
Beam68 ft (20.7 m)
Installed power8,720 NHP
Propulsion
Speed19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph)
Capacity
  • 284 1st class passengers
  • 100 2nd class passengers
  • up to 800 steerage passengers
Notessister ship: Empress of Asia

RMS Empress of Russia was a steam turbine ocean liner built in 1912–13 by Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Company at Govan on the Clyde in Scotland for Canadian Pacific steamships (CP). She regularly worked the trans-Pacific route between Canada and the Far East.