Empress of France at Pier B, Vancouver
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History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | Alsatian |
Owner | Allan Line, Liverpool |
Port of registry | United Kingdom |
Launched | 22 March 1913 |
Maiden voyage | 17 January 1914 |
Fate | Sold to Canadian Pacific Ocean Service in 1919 |
United Kingdom | |
Name | Empress of France |
Owner | Canadian Pacific Ocean Service |
Port of registry | Canada |
Fate | Scrapped 1934 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Ocean liner |
Tonnage | 18,481 GRT |
Length | 571.4 ft (174.2 m) |
Beam | 72.4 ft (22.1 m), |
Propulsion | turbines driving 4 shafts |
Speed | 18 knots |
RMS Empress of France, formerly SS Alsatian was an ocean liner built in 1913-1914 by William Beardmore and Company at Glasgow in Scotland for Allan Line.[1] In total, the ship's service history encompasses 99 trans-Atlantic voyages, 5 trans-Pacific voyages, and 8 other cruises in addition to her war service.[1]