Cruising in the winter months became a regular part of the schedule and in December 1950 the EMPRESS OF SCOTLAND made her first cruise from New York to the West Indies, resuming Canadian Pacific's pre-war crusing programme. 1942—1958: Empress of Scotland Following the end of World War II, the Empress of Scotland was needed to meet the newly developing demands for trans-Atlantic passenger service. It was delivered in 1930 but became a troop transport during WW2 (with a name change to Empress of Scotland in 1942). During 1943 THE CUNARD WHITE STAR LINER QUEEN ELIZABETH. She was launched on 11 June 1930 and completed on 5 April 1931. decorated, Captain Thomas with the CBE, and Ho Kan the BEM. Returning to Melbourne, she sailed again with troops to Suez in the company of the QUEEN MARY, AQUITANIA, MAURETANIA, EMPRESS OF BRITAIN and the EMPRESS OF CANADA. A decision was made to start with a second-hand vessel and shortly afterwards the EMPRESS OF SCOTLAND appeared on the market for sale. During nine The Empress had left Quebec at 4.13pm on 9th November and arrived off Portugal Cove in Conception Bay, Newfoundland, at 7.30am on 12th November. Cartier Bridge on departure from Montreal. Following the Japanese attacks on the Empire outposts in the Far East in December 1941, the name of the ship needed to be named. On completion of my two relief voyages, the regular fifth officer returned from leave. The EMPRESS OF JAPAN lost little time in capturing the speed record for the trans-Pacific passage in both directions. We stopped at Quebec to disembark some passengers and then proceeded to Montreal where the remainder left. about Japanese intentions, she was instructed not to return to Yokohama, but Mr Campbell had been at sea with Canadian Pacific since 1922, and Mr Butterworth was retiring after forty-five years at sea. There was tank cleaning after discharging tallow, hold cleaning after grain, plus the requirement to work out the vessel's stability morning and evening due to ballasting/deballasting, refuelling and taking on fresh water. RMS Empress of Scotland Ephemera Collection. Everyone seemed to be too sad to make merry.". On 3rd October 1966 the HANSEATIC left New York for the 17-day tow by two tugs to Hamburg where the damage was found to be too severe to be worth repairing. On her return passage she averaged 21 knots on 26,100shp. passenger service on the North Atlantic in May 1950. in preparation for the invasion of Europe. I am glad that I am going at the same time as the EMPRESS OF SCOTLAND. When the EMPRESS OF JAPAN entered service she could carry 268 first-class passengers; 131 interchangeable; 164 second class; 100 third class and 510 steerage. The troopship "Empress of Scotland" was scheduled to sail at 8 a.m. on 10th December for the Far East with Army and R.A.F. In all the EMPRESS OF SCOTLAND had steamed 713,000 miles on war service and had carried 292,000 troops as well as other passengers. In October 1930 she averaged 21.02 knots from Yokohama to Race Rocks, Vancouver, completing the passage in 8 days, 6 hours and 27 minutes, beating the EMPRESS OF CANADA's previous record by four and a half hours. Following a dry-docking and survey, she was accepted by her new owners and was handed over to them at Belfast on 17th January 1958. Captain C.E. Life was well ordered. Such, then, was the sad end of the EMPRESS OF SCOTLAND. It was a tradition for a Scottish piper to play a lament, A busy scene at the Tail of the Bank off Greenock, with the, EMPRESS OF SCOTLAND making her call en route from. On 19th January 1958 the old ship left Belfast under the German flag and with the temporary name of SCOTLAND. This ship -- the second of two CP vessels to be named Empress of Japan [1]-- regularly traversed the trans-Pacific route between the west coast of Canada and the Far East until 1942. The EMPRESS OF JAPAN (by now renamed EMPRESS OF SCOTLAND). The location was close to where Empress trips, bringing troops across from New York and other North American ports REINA DEL MAR PACIFIC STEAM NAVIGATION CO. However, being on the 12 to 4, I had 'brunch' brought to my cabin at 10.am, skipped lunch and had dinner at 6.30pm. The HANSEATIC's passengers were transferred to the QUEEN MARY, whose sailing time was delayed by some four hours while they were transferred. Canadian Pacfic's trans-Pacific service in the 1930s. Her hull and superstructure were painted grey and she then left for Sydney, arriving on 22nd December. The three men were William Campbell, First Radio Officer; John Butterworth, Second Radio Officer; and William Lambard, the ship's dispenser. For about forty miles out from Conception Bay, the EMPRESS OF SCOTLAND was escorted by HMCS ONTARIO and the destroyer MICMAC, and it was planned that they would 'man ship' to give the traditional naval farewell, but in the prevailing heavy seas this was abandoned as being too dangerous. On her second eastbound crossing she broke the record for the St Lawrence - Clyde passage by seven hours, with a passage time from the pilot station at Father Point in the Gulf of St Lawrence to the Clyde pilot station off the island of Little Cumbrae of five days and forty-two minutes at an average speed of 21.3 knots. In 1942, the first of over 1.5 million American servicemen arrived on British shores in preparation for the Allied offensives against Germany during the Second World War. drafts and men returning from leave. Empress was finally discharged from trooping duties in May 1948. That’s how I got to go on the Empress of Japan [in 1942, she was re-named RMS Empress of Scotland]. was formed. RMS Empress of Scotland, originally SS Kaiserin Auguste Victoria, was an ocean liner built between 1905-1906 and 1905-1906 by the Vulcan AG yard in Szczecin for Hamburg America Line. The hull was painted black. During 1943/1944 she was on trooping service from Halifax, N.S., New York and Newport News to Liverpool and to Casablanca, carrying a total of 30,000 American troops. 1940 off Western Ireland, Empress With the new EMPRESS OF CANADA shortly to join the fleet, these newcomers spelt the end for the two older ships. After each watch we held fire drill and each day I went along a different deck with my plug-in telephone testing the fire alarms. In 1942, she was renamed RMS Empress of Scotland - the second of two CP vessels to be named Empress of Scotland. It was hardly necessary, however, for the word had been passed round tactfully amongst the other passengers during the two-day passage from Quebec and around to Conception Bay that the Princess and the Duke would like to relax and enjoy themselves as ordinary passengers. The All Digitized Passenger Lists For the SS Empress of Scotland Available at the GG Archives. No space was now needed for Asiatic steerage passengers and this enabled very great improvements to be made to the crew accommodation. The This ship was the second of two CP vessels to be named Empress of Japan – regularly traversed the trans-Pacific route between the west coast of Canada and the Far East until 1942. The propelling machinery remained the same but was given a complete overhaul and new propellers were fitted. All Digitized Ephemera for the RMS Empress of Scotland available at the GG Archives. of Japan was in Shanghai when war was declared in September 1939. In 1957, the Hamburg Atlantic Line purchased the ship and re-named her SS Hanseatic Each model comes fully assembled with a solid hull - hand carved from kiln-dried mahogany. heroically manned the wheelhouse, steering the ship to take evasive action. Normally, there would have been a balancing pair of sister ships, but the world depression was affecting policy, and with the advent of its new trans-Atlantic flagship, the EMPRESS OF BRITAIN of 1931, Canadian Pacific Steamships had enough on its plate. The EMPRESS OF RUSSIA had been burnt out at Barrow-in-Furness in 1945 whilst refitting. The EMPRESS OF SCOTLAND alongside at Wolfe's Cove, Quebec. renamed Empress of Scotland (II). Empress The following list was extracted from various sources. And so it was. There was a north-easterly gale blowing, as a result of which the EMPRESS OF SCOTLAND was unable to anchor and was skilfully manoeuvred by Captain C.E. officer and had plenty to keep him busy as well as the boat drills. carrying duties by conveying Australian and New Zealand troops to the Middle By using this site, you accept the use of cookies on your device. Partial List Unspecified Port (generally this ship sailed from Southampton, England, Cherbourg, France and Liverpool, England) to Quebec, Canada 4 May 1929 Canadian Pacific Line There is no Captain's statement. In 1942, she was renamed RMS Empress of Scotland - the second of two CP vessels to be named Empress of Scotland. much luckier. I joined the EMPRESS OF SCOTLAND at Liverpool in June 1956, put on my boiler suit, and as junior cargo officer on six-hour port watches, did exactly the same as when I was a cadet. After leaving Greenock we settled into our watchkeeping routine. The EMPRESS OF JAPAN was built at the Fairfield Yard at Govan at a cost of about £1.5 million. In 1942, she was renamed RMS Empress of Scotland - the second of two CP vessels to be named Empress of Scotland. fitted. Following the cessation of hostilities the EMPRESS OF SCOTLAND continued trooping, repatriating troops and their families until she was released at Liverpool on 3rd May 1948. Piper and passengers aboard the RMS Empress of Scotland as the ship approaches a UK port. The EMPRESS OF SCOTLAND bettered these passage times later in the summer of 1950 by using the Belle Isle Strait (between the northern tip pf Newfoundland and the south of Labrador), rather than sailing south-about Newfoundland via Cape Race. ____________________________________________________________, An artist's impression of the EMPRESS OF JAPAN on. With the growth of the post-war German merchant fleet it was strongly felt during the mid 1950s that the time was ripe for Germany to re-enter the traditional trans-Atlantic passenger service with a Hamburg-owned liner. The MANECO was alongside the EMPRESS OF SCOTLAND at 1.10pm, and after the royal couple had boarded and their entire baggage had been transferred, the Empress sailed at 1.46pm. After eight years as a troopship, this was a job which took from June 1948 until May 1950. in 1941-42, shortly before the city was captured. Here her luck held out again The EMPRESS OF SCOTLAND left Liverpool on 9th May 1950 on her first post-war commercial voyage to Quebec, with a call at Greenock. Amazon.com: RMS Empress of Scotland Ocean Liner Wooden Ship Model 33" Scale 1:250: Toys & Games On November 9, 1958—1966: Hanseatic - Australasia, the Far East, South Africa, and North America. Landing Stage by the Alexandra tugs EGERTON (forward) and ALFRED (aft). raid. Then we were on our way, calling at Greenock where we disembarked the Liverpool Pilot, embarked more passengers, lowered all lifeboats into the water and took some of them for a run around the anchored ship. It took 200 firemen to bring the blaze under control, by which time great damage had been done. The EMPRESS OF SCOTLAND approaching her anchorage, at the Tail of the Bank, off Greenock, in the Firth of Clyde. _______________________________________________________________. In At the Tail of the Bank, Greenock Passing Quebec, outward bound, In mid-Atlantic Liverpool's only three-funnelled liner. October 1940, the Empress was part of a so-called 'multi-million Dollar convoy', Of the four 'Duchesses' completed in 1928/29, only two remained after the war; the DUCHESS OF BEDFORD and the DUCHESS OF RICHMOND. Externally the EMPRESS OF SCOTLAND was repainted with a white hull and yellow funnels, but the previous blue riband of the 1930s was changed to green, and the company's red and white chequered houseflag was painted on all three funnels. of Japan suffered a German air attack. When no fourth officer had been carried on my Clan Line voyages, I was frequently on watch with the chief officer on his 4 to 8 watch. We next moved from Gladstone Dock to Liverpool Landing Stage with the company pilot and five tugs. The EMPRESS OF JAPAN (by now renamed EMPRESS OF SCOTLAND) as a troopship in the Second World War. THE CANADIAN PACIFIC LINER 'EMPRESS OF SCOTLAND', The EMPRESS OF SCOTLAND looking at her best in her post-war. During 1943/1944 she was on trooping service from Halifax, N.S., New York and Newport News to Liverpool and to Casablanca, carrying a total of 30,000 American troops. Canadian Pacific's RMS Empress of Scotland spent her first thirteen years as RMS Empress of Japan until Japan's entry into the Second World War provoked a name change in 1942. She had covered over 600,000 miles -- believed to be the most of any merchant Six Yarrow oil-fired water tube boilers supplied steam at 425 lb/psi and 725 degrees superheat. UCS was liquidated in 1971. Both men were later decorated for their bravery. In 1947 these two ships were elevated to 'Empresses' with white hulls and green ribands and renamed respectively EMPRESS OF FRANCE and EMPRESS OF CANADA. The Hamburg-Atlantic Line was a final atempt to operate a trans-Atlantic passenger service from Hamburg after HAPAG had given up passenger carrying. Liverpool, ready to sail on yet another voyage to Canada. Two days later she arrived at the Howaldtswerke Company's yard at Hamburg. Keay, and after disembarking her 213 passengers at Princes Landing Stage, she was laid up in the Gladstone Dock. 1942—1958: Empress of Scotland. My days and nights were busy. The EMPRESS OF SCOTLAND was sold first, and the EMPRESS OF FRANCE went to the breakers in 1960. 6 steam turbines, single-reduction gearing to twin screws.Speed: 21 knots, max 23. The EMPRESS OF SCOTLAND being assisted on to her berth at Princes. Shortly afterwards she sailed for Suez with a contingent of Australian troops. The old EMPRESS OF SCOTLAND was given a new, slightly raked, bow. The funnel colours of the HANSEATIC were red with a black top and a white logo in the red sector. The HANSEATIC arriving at New York on her maiden. in the North Atlantic, she came out unscathed. when with 1200 women and children evacuees on board she survived another bombing RMS Empress of Japan was an ocean liner built in 1929-1930 by Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Company at Govan on the Clyde in Scotland for Canadian Pacific Steamships (CP). In October 1942, ten months after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour, Empress of Japan was renamed Empress of Scotland (II). sailed right around the world three times, and two men served on her throughout This route cut the distance from 2,728 miles to 2,558 miles, and the Empress crossed from the Clyde Pilot to Father Point in four days, fourteen hours and forty-three minutes, at an average speed of 21 knots. SS Empress of Scotland. Duck. _______________________________________________________, Built by the Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, Govan, in 1930, Yard No: 634 Official Number: 161430 Signal Letters: G M L V, Gross Tonnage: 26,313 Nett: 14,486 Length: 644 feet Breadth: 83.8 feet, Owned by the Canadian Pacific Railway Company. Remembering what a third mate had told me about his experience of being seconded to Canadian Pacific Steamships as an uncertificated fifth officer, I decided to follow suit. The ship was sold for scrap on 2nd December 1966 to Elkhart & Company for 15 million Deutschmarks. The, The royal couple had a rough one-and-a-half mile passage out to the, For about forty miles out from Conception Bay, the EMPRESS OF SCOTLAND was escorted by HMCS ONTARIO and the destroyer MICMAC, and it was planned that they would 'man ship' to give the traditional naval farewell, but in the prevailing heavy seas this was abandoned as being too dangerous. She had been in Shanghai when war was declared and after a crossing to Honolulu and Vancouver, she sailed for Esquimalt where a certain amount of work was carried out to fit her for trooping. The rebuilding took about six months and on 21st July 1958 the HANSEATIC left Cuxhaven for New York via Le Havre, Southampton and Cobh. In 1942, she was renamed RMS Empress of Scotland -- the second of two CP vessels to be named Empress of Scotland. The outbreak of war in Europe caused the Empress of Japan to be re-fitted for wartime service. Edinburgh on board the EMPRESS OF SCOTLAND, Captain Duggan introduces Princess Elizabeth to members of the crew. The HANSEATIC (ex EMPRESS OF SCOTLAND) resplendent, in the colours of the Hamburg-Atlantic Line. RMS Empress of Scotland (1942–1958); SS Hanseatic (1958–1966) Pacific, 1930–1942; war service, 1942–1947; Atlantic, 1948–1958 1966 1931 RMS Empress of Britain: 1930 1931 . It is believed that Winston Churchill On 9th November 1944 the EMPRESS OF SCOTLAND was subject to an air attack off Northern Ireland; three bombs being such near misses that they actually glanced off the ship's rails and a lifeboat, exploding in the sea. Her fuel consumption was 168 tons per day. The ship's twin screws were driven by Parsons' single-reduction geared turbines. The HANSEATIC sailing from New York. Liverpool, having her masts shortened in April, 1952. The EMPRESS OF JAPAN in the fitting-out basin at the Fairfield Yard. Following the end of World War II, the Empress of Scotland was needed to meet the newly developing demands for trans-Atlantic passenger service. Of all the passenger liners that have ever operated across the North Pacific, the EMPRESS OF JAPAN of 1930, the second vessel to carry this name in the Canadian Pacific fleet, was undoubtedly the finest, largest and fastest. Captain J.W. Empress of Scotland. out his commander's instructions from a lying position. On trials over the Arran Mile, after the completion of the refit, she reached a very creditable 22.5 knots. uptakes, fitted to reduce the smoke nuisance. She has been a grand ship to sail on.". The EMPRESS OF SCOTLAND alongside Princes Landing Stage. For some reason it was thought worthwhile to alter her bow, giving it a slightly raked curve at the top, which increased the overall length by about six feet. In all the EMPRESS OF SCOTLAND had steamed 713,000 miles on war service and had carried 292,000 troops as well as other passengers. In April 1956 the new EMPRESS OF BRITAIN entered service, followed a year later by the EMPRESS OF ENGLAND. In 1942, she was renamed the Empress of Scotland. The promenade deck was plated in … On 14th June 1930 the EMPRESS OF JAPAN left Liverpool on her maiden voyage to Quebec, returning to Southampton. This was not a problem for me as for part of my cadetship I had been bridge cadet for arrivals and departures. and the lifeboats into the sea, causing only some non-critical damage to machinery. When sailing day arrived it was no watch below and no rest as the second mate and myself had amended the crew boat and fire station lists during the previous night, and then the M.O.T. ______________________________________________. The EMPRESS OF AUSTRALIA remained a troopship until sold to breakers in 1952 and was never returned to Canadian Pacific. Just before the New Year the EMPRESS OF SCOTLAND was sold to the Hamburg-Atlantic Line and left Liverpool on 31st December 1957 for Belfast. Following the entry of Japan into the Second World War, the EMPRESS OF JAPAN was renamed EMPRESS OF SCOTLAND, ten months after the attack on Pearl Harbor. This website uses cookies to improve functionality. The EMPRESS OF CANADA had been torpedoed and sunk in the South Atlantic when homeward bound from Durban, and the EMPRESS OF BRITAIN, completed in 1931, was set on fire by air attack in October 1940, and subsequently torpedoed whilst under tow. It has gone like a flash, and I can hardly realise that it is time for me to retire. service as a troop-ship, by being painted in wartime grey, and having guns RMS Empress of Britain (1930) RMS Empress of Britain was an Ocean liner built for Canadian Pacific Steamships by John Brown and Company Ltd, Clydebank (Yard number 530). On 8th June she was delivered to Canadian Pacific, a truly magnificent ship, beautifully proportioned, graceful, and yet with a look of tremendous power. The EMPRESS OF SCOTLAND in the Canada Dry Dock. She served on the Southampton to … The EMPRESS OF SCOTLAND as she appeared on her re-entry into. her war service : Captain Thomas, and the chief baker Tom Patten. With the EMPRESS OF SCOTLAND and the EMPRESS OF FRANCE, there were again four, Captain Keay was interviewed by a reporter from the, For three members of the crew, the occasion was a doubly poignant one. The royal couple had a rough one-and-a-half mile passage out to the Empress on board the 140-ton ferry MANECO which took forty-five minutes. RMS Empress of Scotland, originally SS Kaiserin Auguste Victoria, was an ocean liner built in 1905–1906 by Vulcan AG shipyard in Stettin (now Szczecin, Poland) for the Hamburg America Line. The third funnel was a dummy, but served as a ventilator for the engine room, and the first and second-class galleys. Here she was renamed HANSEATIC and reconstructed and 'modernised' during a six-month overhaul which cost 43 million Deutschmarks. When released the EMPRESS OF SCOTLAND was the only 'Empress' left in the Canadian Pacific fleet. 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