Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
RMS Empress of Japan (ship)
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Description area
Dates of existence
1891 - 1925
History
5,905 gross tons, passenger liner in Canadian Pacific Railway’s transpacific service until 1914. During WWI, she served as an armed merchant cruiser and after the war, she returned to Pacific service until 1922. She was scrapped in 1925.