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RMS Empress of China (1921)

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Two ships of the Canadian Pacific Steamship Company were named RMS Empress of China in 1921:

  • RMS Empress of India (1908) was briefly the Empress of China in 1921. She was a 17,500-gross ton ship built for the Norddeutscher Lloyd Line and launched in 1907 from Geestemunde, Bremenhaven, Germany as the SS Prince Freidrich Wilhelm. She was renamed Empress of India later in 1921 and was scrapped in 1929.
  • RMS Empress of Australia was briefly the Empress of China in 1921. She was a 21,860-gross ton ship built for the Hamburg-America Line and launched in 1913 from Stettin, Germany, as the SS Tirpitz. She was renamed Empress of Australia later in 1922 and was scrapped in 1952.