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Name: EMPRESS OF ENGLAND
Type: Passenger Ship
Launched: 09/05/1956
Completed: 19/03/1957
Builder: Vickers-Armstrongs (Shipbuilders) Ltd
Yard: High Walker
Yard Number: 155
Dimensions: 25585grt, 13725nrt, 8910dwt, 640.0 x 85.4 x 29.0ft
Engines: 6 x Steam turbines, Parsons type, DR geared, 30000shp
Engines by: Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd, Barrow-in-Furness
Propulsion: 2 x Screws, 21.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 187544
History:
03/1957 Canadian Pacific Railway Co (Canadian Pacific Steamships), London
1970 Shaw Savill & Albion Co Ltd, London; renamed OCEAN MONARCH
07/1975 Broken up
Comments: Built for the Liverpool, Greenock, Quebec & Montreal route
Accommodation for 160 x 1st & 898 x Tourist Class passengers
1971: Converted into a single class cruise ship for 1372 x passengers
17/07/1975: Arrived at Kaohsiung for breaking up
07/1975: Broken up by Chi Shun Hwa Steel Co


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Above photo as EMPRESS OF ENGLAND is copyright of George Dickinson

Above photo as EMPRESS OF ENGLAND is copyright of John Clarkson

Above photo as OCEAN MONARCH is copyright of John Crossland

Above photo as OCEAN MONARCH is copyright of Alex Wood

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