RMS Empress of China
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RMS or SS Empress of China may refer to one of these Canadian Pacific Steamship Company ocean liners:
, a ship launched from Barrow
, England in 1891 as one of the first three ships Canadian Pacific ordered in creating the White Empress fleet. She was scrapped in 1912., briefly named Empress of China in 1921; originally the Norddeutscher Lloyd
ship SS Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm launched in 1907; renamed Empress of India; later renamed Montlaurier, Monteith, and Montnairn before being scrapped in 1929., briefly named Empress of China in 1921; originally the Hamburg-America Line ship SS Tirpitz launched in 1913; renamed Empress of Australia in 1922; scrapped in 1952.
, a ship launched from Barrow
Barrow-in-Furness
Barrow-in-Furness is an industrial town and seaport which forms about half the territory of the wider Borough of Barrow-in-Furness in the county of Cumbria, England. It lies north of Liverpool, northwest of Manchester and southwest from the county town of Carlisle...
, England in 1891 as one of the first three ships Canadian Pacific ordered in creating the White Empress fleet. She was scrapped in 1912., briefly named Empress of China in 1921; originally the Norddeutscher Lloyd
Norddeutscher Lloyd
Norddeutsche Lloyd was a German shipping company. It was founded by Hermann Henrich Meier and Eduard Crüsemann in Bremen on February 20, 1857. It developed into one of the most important German shipping companies of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and was instrumental in the economic...
ship SS Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm launched in 1907; renamed Empress of India; later renamed Montlaurier, Monteith, and Montnairn before being scrapped in 1929., briefly named Empress of China in 1921; originally the Hamburg-America Line ship SS Tirpitz launched in 1913; renamed Empress of Australia in 1922; scrapped in 1952.