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BurdenBuiltShipowner or operator Dimensions
14,189 gross 1905 at Glasgow by Fairfield Shipbuilding & Eng. Co. Ltd. Canadian Pacific Line 548.8ft x 65.7ft 
 YearRemarks
 1905 Nov. 11, launchedAtlantic Journey ID 5678
 1906 May 5, maiden voyage Liverpool - QuebecAtlantic Journey ID 5679
 1912 July 27, collided with and sank the S/S Helvetia off Cape MagdeleineAtlantic Journey ID 5680
 1914 Bacame an armed merchant cruiserAtlantic Journey ID 5681
 1915 May, troop transportAtlantic Journey ID 5682
 1919 March 23, returned to ordinary passenger serviceAtlantic Journey ID 5683
 1919 August, rebuilt and converted to oil fuel by Fairfield Shipbuilding & Eng. Co. Ltd.Atlantic Journey ID 5684
 1920 September, returned to ordinary passenger serviceAtlantic Journey ID 5685
 1924 April, renamed Montroyal, tonnage 15,646 gross, accommodation: 600 cabin-class and 800 3rd-classAtlantic Journey ID 5686
 1927 April, first voyage Antwerp - Southampton - Cherbourg - QuebecAtlantic Journey ID 5687
 1929 September, laid upAtlantic Journey ID 5688
 1930 June, scrapped at Stavanger, NorwayAtlantic Journey ID 5689
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

Empress of Britain, Canadian Pacific Line steamship
Empress of Britain, Canadian Pacific Line steamship
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Empress of Britain (1), Canadian Pacific Line steamship
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Empress of Britain (1), Canadian Pacific Line steamship
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Sectional view of the S/S Empress of Ireland
Sectional view of the sisters Empress of Ireland and Empress of Britain, from an old postcard sent by a passenger on the Empress of Ireland in 1906 from Rimouski to Sweden
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