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RMS Empress of Britain (1931) : ウィキペディア英語版
RMS Empress of Britain (1930)

The RMS ''Empress of Britain'' was an ocean liner built between 1928 and 1931 by John Brown shipyard in Scotland and owned by Canadian Pacific Steamship Company. This ship was the second of three CP vessels named ''Empress of Britain''〔The first SS ''Empress of Britain'' (1906) and the third SS ''Empress of Britain'' (1956) were also built for Canadian Pacific.〕 — provided scheduled trans-Atlantic passenger service from spring to autumn between Canada and Europe from 1931 until 1939.
In her time, she was the largest, fastest, and most luxurious ship between England and Canada. She was torpedoed on 28 October 1940 by and sank. At 42,348 gross tons, she was the largest liner lost during the Second World War and the largest ship sunk by a U-boat.〔Steamer, Robert. (1990). ( ''The Floating Inferno: The Story of the Loss of the Empress of Britain,'' (abstract); ) (sunk by U-boat )〕
==History==
Work began on ''Empress of Britain'' on 28 November 1928 when the plates of her keel were laid at John Brown & Co, Clydebank, Scotland.〔Turner, Gordon. (1992). ''Empress of Britain,'' p. 15.〕 She was launched on 11 June 1930 by HRH Prince of Wales. This was the first time that launching ceremonies in Britain were broadcast by radio to Canada and the United States.〔Miller, William H. (1981). ''The Great Luxury Liners, 1927-1954,'' p. 41.〕
The ship began sea trials on 11 April 1931 where she recorded , and left Southampton on her maiden voyage to Quebec on 27 May 1931.〔Musk, George. (1981). ''Canadian Pacific: The Story of the Famous Shipping Line,'' pp. 184-186.〕

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