The following photographs were all acquired during house clearances in Scotland & unwanted by the families or owners of the properties cleared.
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THE CANADIAN PACIFIC LINER ‘EMPRESS OF SCOTLAND
(ex ‘EMPRESS OF JAPAN’)
Built by the Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, Govan, in 1930
Yard No: 634 Official Number: 161430 Signal Letters: G M L V
Gross Tonnage: 26,313 Nett: 14,486 Length: 644 feet Breadth: 83.8 feet
Owned by the Canadian Pacific Railway Company
- Burden 26032 gross
- Dimensions 644ft x 84ft x 44ft
- 1929 Dec. 17: LaunchedAtlantic Journey ID 9587
- 1930 June 14: Departed on her maiden voyage from Liverpool to Quebec and SouthamptonAtlantic Journey ID 9588
- 1930 Aug. 7: First voyage between Hong Kong – Yokahama – VancouverAtlantic Journey ID 9591
- 1939 Nov. 26: Requisitioned for WW2 service as a troopshipAtlantic Journey ID 9592
- 1942 Oct. 16: Renamed Empress of Scotland following the entry of Japan in WW2Atlantic Journey ID 9595
- 1948 Refitted by builder, new tonnage of 26,313 gross, promenade deck glassed inAtlantic Journey ID 9596
- 1950 May 9: First post-war sailing, Liverpool – Greenock – QuebecAtlantic Journey ID 9599
- 1966 Sept. 7: Damaged by fire in New York – sold for scrap and broken up at HamburgAtlantic Journey ID 9600