RMS Empress of Britain; Canadian Pacific Line
Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2018 8:49 am
RMS Empress of Britain pictured under construction at John Brown & Company Shipyards at Clydebank c1930.
RMS Empress of Britain was owned by the Canadian Pacific Steamship Company,she provided scheduled trans-Atlantic passenger service from spring to autumn between Canada and Europe from 1931 until 1939.
In her time, Empress of Britain was the largest, fastest, and most luxurious ship between England and Canada. She was torpedoed on October 28th 1940 by Type VIIA U-Boat U-32 and sank. At 42,348 gross tons, she was the largest liner lost during the Second World War and the largest ship sunk by a U-boat.
RMS Empress of Britain was owned by the Canadian Pacific Steamship Company,she provided scheduled trans-Atlantic passenger service from spring to autumn between Canada and Europe from 1931 until 1939.
In her time, Empress of Britain was the largest, fastest, and most luxurious ship between England and Canada. She was torpedoed on October 28th 1940 by Type VIIA U-Boat U-32 and sank. At 42,348 gross tons, she was the largest liner lost during the Second World War and the largest ship sunk by a U-boat.