| S/S Empress of Australia, Canadian Pacific Line |
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| 1913 | Dec. 20, launched as Admiral von Tirpitz for HAPAG, renamed Tirpitz shortly after | | 1920 | December, delivered to Britain, served as troopship | | 1921 | July 25, taken over by Canadian Pacific Line | | 1922 | June 2, renamed Empress of Australia, used for transpacific service | | 1923 | September, participated in the rescue work at Yokohama after the earthquake there | | 1926 | New engines fitted by Fairfield Shipbuilding & Eng. Co. Ltd. | | 1927 | June 25, first voyage Southampton - Cherbourg - Quebec | | 1929 | Nov. 14, departed from Southampton for a 163 days duration ROUND THE WORLD CRUISE | | 1939 | May 6, departed from Portsmouth with King George VI and Queen Elizabeth for Canada | | 1939 | September, became troopship | | 1952 | May, sold for scrapping at Inverkeithing | | The information listed above is not the complete record of the ship. The information was collected from a multitude of sources, and new information will be added as it emerges |
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 Empress of Australia in cruising color, Canadian Pacific Line
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-cpl.jpg) Empress of Australia (1), Canadian Pacific Line
Support Norway Heritage: Purchase a copy  Empress of Australia (left) and Empress of Canada (right) at Hong Kong  Empress of Australia, Canadian Pacific Line steamship
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