RMS Empress of Scotland (1905)

Empress of Scotland seen before the First World War as Kaiserin Auguste Victoria
History
Germany
Name	Kaiserin Auguste Victoria
Owner	Hamburg America Line
Port of registry	Hamburg
Builder	Vulcan AG shipyard, Stettin, Germany
Yard number	264
Launched	29 August 1905 by the German Empress
Maiden voyage	10 May 1906
Fate	Seized by the United States
United States
Name	USS Kaiserin Auguste Victoria
Owner	United States Navy
Acquired	1919
Fate	Sold to Cunard Line
United Kingdom
Name	Kaiserin Auguste Victoria
Owner	Cunard Line
Acquired	1920
Fate	Sold to Canadian Pacific Steamships
Canada
Name	RMS Empress of Scotland
Owner	Canadian Pacific Steamships
Acquired	1921
Fate	Scrapped in 1930 Blyth
General characteristics
Type	Ocean liner
Tonnage	24,581 GRT, 14,847 NRT[1]
Length	677.5 ft (206.5 m)
Beam	77.3 ft (23.6 m)
Height	200
Propulsion	2 steam engines, twin screws
Speed	17.5 knots (32.4 km/h; 20.1 mph)
Capacity	1,897 passengers
Notes	[2]

RMS Empress of Scotland, originally SS Kaiserin Auguste Victoria, was an ocean liner built in 1905–1906 by Vulcan AG shipyard in Stettin (now Szczecin, Poland) for the Hamburg America Line. The ship regularly sailed between Hamburg and New York City until the outbreak of war in Europe in 1914. At the end of hostilities, re-flagged as USS Kaiserin Auguste Victoria, she transported American troops from Europe to the United States. For a brief time Cunard sailed the re-flagged ship between Liverpool and New York.

The ship was refitted for Canadian Pacific Steamships (CP) and in 1921, she was renamed Empress of Scotland—the first of two CP ships to bear that name.^[3]

The vessel ended service in 1930 and was sold for scrap. During the demolition of the ship, the vessel caught fire, broke in two and sank. The hulls were raised and scrapped.