Postcard: CPR's RMS Empress of India, c.1910

"13. C.P.R. Royal Mail Steamer "Empress of India""

Post Card. Edwards Bros., Publishers, Vancouver, B. C.

Printed in Germany.

 

RMS 'Empress of India': Canadian Pacific trans-Pacific service, 1891-1914. (RMS = Royal Mail Ship)

 

Sister ship to the 'Empress of Japan' (1891-1922) and the 'Empress of China' (1891-1911). Together they were known as the CPR's White Empress liners.

 

Vancouver to Yokohama: 4,230 nautical miles (7,834 km); 14 days.

 

She later became the SS Loyalty under the ownership of the British Raj (1915-1919).

 

Type: Ocean liner

Built: 1890-91 by Naval Construction & Armament Co., Barrow, England

Launched/In Service: August 30, 1890 / February 8, 1891

Out of Service: For CPR: 1914; Scrapped 1923 at Bombay

Owner/Port of Registry: Canadian Pacific Steamship Co./Canada (1891-1914)

Gross Tons: 5,905 tons

Length: 455.7'; Beam: 51.2'

Propulsion: Three masts; twin propellers

Speed: 16 knots (18 m.p.h.; 29.6 km/h)

Capacity: 50 1st-class passengers; 150 2nd-class; up to 400-steerage passengers

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