| 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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