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RMS Empress of Asia
RMS ''Empress of Asia'' was an ocean liner built in 1912–1913 by Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering at Govan on the Clyde in Scotland for Canadian Pacific Steamships.
As well as being a passenger liner in peacetime, ''Empress of Asia'' served as an armed merchant cruiser and a troopship in wartime. She was sunk during World War II by Japanese aircraft while transiting from Bombay to Singapore.
==Service history==
The ''Empress of Asia'' was built by Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering at Govan near Glasgow in Scotland〔Johnston, Ian. "Govan Shipyard" in ( ''Ships Monthly.'' ) June 1985.〕 She was launched in 1912 where she was named by Mrs Bosworth the wife of the Vice-President of the Canadian Pacific Railway, she completed her maiden voyage in 1913.
In May 1914, Captain Samuel Robinson pushed the RMS ''Empress of Asia'' and her crew in setting a new world's record for both a single day's steaming (473 nautical miles) and for crossing the Pacific (nine days, two hours, and fifteen minutes).〔Hammer, Joshua. (2006). (''Yokohama Burning: The Deadly 1923 Earthquake and Fire that Helped Forge the Path to World War II,'' p. 60. )〕
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