RMS Empress of Japan (1929)
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RMS Empress of Japan was an ocean liner built in 1929–1930 by Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Company at Govan on the Clyde in Scotland for Canadian Pacific Steamships. This ship was the second o
Empress of Japan
1st class children's playroom of Empress of Japan
Empress of Scotland with her decks filled with fighting men. This in-port photograph allows a close view of the ship's construction when ship still had three funnels, circa 1940s.
Hanseatic landing the port of Cuxhaven at Steubenhoeft in summer 1961
Commander Samuel Robinson was a British-Canadian merchant seaman and naval officer who was best known for his rescue efforts in the aftermath of the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake.
RMS Empress of Japan (1929)
…decks. On 28 September, the ship was towed to Hamburg, West Germany for inspection. Deemed beyond economic repair, she was scrapped shortly thereafter. Samuel Robinson, first captain (1930–1932) Dawson, Philip. (2005). The Liner: Retrospective and Renaissance. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 978-1-84486-049-4…
Robinson in 1927