SS Empress of Asia Archival Collection
Empress of Asia (1913) Canadian Pacific Line
Built by Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Co., Ltd., Govan, Scotland. Tonnage: 16,909. Dimensions: 570'x 68' (590' O.I.). Propulsion: Quadruple-screw, 20 knots. Turbines. Masts and Funnels: Two masts and three funnels. Keel laid: December 4, 1911. Launched: November 23, 1912. Completed in May 1913. Made a trial speed of 21.43 knots. Speed Records: Did a trans-Pacific crossing from Yokohama in 9 days, 2 hours, 44 minutes in 1914. Fate: Sunk by enemy action off Singapore on February 5, 1942. Sister ship: Empress of Russia. Design Notes: The first large liners to have cruiser sterns.
Empress of Asia Passenger Lists 1929
All Digitized Lists of Passengers for the SS Empress of Asia Available at the GG Archives. Listing Includes Date Voyage Began, Steamship Line, Vessel, Passenger Class and Route.
Route: Vancouver and Victoria to Manila via Yokohama, Kobe, Nagasaki, Shanghai, and Hong Kong
Title Page and Listing of Senior Officers, SS Empress of Asia First and Second Class Passenger List, 20 April 1929. GGA Image ID # 21751dedb3
Canadian Pacific Line Sailing Schedule, 26 February 1927 to 4 December 1927
The SS Empress of Asia, operated by the Canadian Pacific Line, was scheduled for transatlantic voyages between 26 February 1927 and 4 December 1927.
Canadian Pacific Line Sailing Schedule, 30 March 1929 to 30 November 1929
The SS Empress of Asia, operated by the Canadian Pacific Line, was scheduled for transatlantic voyages between 30 March 1929 and 30 November 1929.
Time on Shipboard, SS Empress of Asia First and Second Class Passenger List, 20 April 1929. GGA Image ID #
*Note—Seven Bells in these two Watches are struck 10 minutes earlier to allow the watch next for duty to have their breakfast and dinner respectively. One Bell is also struck at 3.45 and 7.45 a.m. and p.m., as warning to Watch below—i.e., off duty, to prepare to relieve the deck punctually at Eight Bells. The object of the Dog Watches is to change the hours on duty of the men, so that those who are on watch from 8 p.m. to midnight one day will shift to midnight to 4 a.m. on the next. It will be noted that the hours have an even number of Bells and the half hours an odd number.
Canadian Pacific Express Company Travellers' Cheques, SS Empress of Asia First and Second Class Passenger List, 20 April 1929. GGA Image ID # 217595dd37
TRAVELLERS’ CHEQUES GOOD THE WORLD OVER Canadian Pacific Express Travellers’ Cheques are world-wide currency. They are issued in convenient denominations, so that you need only carry a limited amount of the actual currency of the country in which travelling, and are payable in the United States in United States dollars, in other countries at the current buying rate for bankers’ cheques in New York. No personal identification required. Your countersignature on the cheque identifies you. They insure you against loss, are cashed by thousands of banks and all express companies, and accepted in payment of tickets and accounts by railway, steamship and sleeping-car companies, tourist agencies, first-class stores and hotels, wherever you happen to be, which insures you against delay and inconvenience.
Fleet List and Services, SS Empress of Asia First and Second Class Passenger List, 20 April 1929. GGA Image ID # 21764fbec1
TRANSATLANTIC SERVICES BETWEEN MONTREAL and QUEBEC Summer SAINT JOHN, N.B., Winter AND Liverpool Southampton Plymouth Glasgow Greenock Belfast Cobh (Queenstown) Cherbourg Antwerp and Hamburg. TRANSPACIFIC SERVICES BETWEEN VANCOUVER and VICTORIA AND Yokohama Kobe Nagasaki Shanghai Hong Kong and Manila. Canadian Pacific Line offers the largest, newest and fastest steamships on the Pacific Ocean.
Canadian Pacific Line Services to Europe and New Luxury Liner Empress of Britian, SS Empress of Asia First and Second Class Passenger List, 20 April 1929. GGA Image ID # 21768dbebe
TO EUROPE BY THE MIGHTY WATER BOULEVARD. TWO DAYS IN SHELTERED WATERS OF THE ST. LAWRENCE. ONLY FOUR DAYS OPEN SEA. 1,000 miles—one third the way—on the St. Lawrence. Then about four days only of open sea. Empress Express Steamships from Quebec to Southampton and Cherbourg. Also Cabin steamships—including the new Duchesses—from Montreal and Quebec to Liverpool, Southampton, Glasgow, Greenock, Belfast, Cobh (Queenstown), Plymouth, Cherbourg, Antwerp, and Hamburg. Book now for choice accommodations. Also Tourist Third Cabin. Comfortable surroundings, congenial travel associates and economical. The highest class of service maintained throughout all grades of accommodation. Enquire of the Purser or any Canadian Pacific Agent.
NEW LUXURY LINER EMPRESS OF BRITAIN Tonnage—40,000 Speed—24 knots. The Canadian Pacific Steamships have in course of construction at Clydebank, near Glasgow, Scotland, a magnificent steamship of 40,000 tons, which will be engaged in service between Quebec, Southampton and Cherbourg during 1931. The new ship will have de luxe accommodation hitherto not available. The ship will be named the Empress of Britain, and is expected to make the Atlantic crossing in five days.
