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Montreal: Canadian Pacific, c.1920. Notes: Empress of Britain was a transatlantic ocean liner built by Fairfield Shipbuilding at Govan on the Clyde in Scotland in 1905-1906 for Canadian Pacific Steamship (CP). This ship -- the first of three CP vessels to be named Empress of Britain-- regularly traversed the trans-Atlantic route between Canada and Europe. By March 1919, she resumed the Liverpool-St.John, New Brunswick service for one round-trip voyage. On 9 January 1920, she returned to active service on the Liverpool-Quebec crossings. In October 1922, Empress begin sailing on the Southampton-Cherbourg-Quebec route. In 1924, the ship was renamed SS Montroyal and was returned to service sailing on the Liverpool-Quebec route. Montroyal commenced her final voyage from Antwerp on 7 September 1929. Including this last voyage, she had completed 190 round-trip crossings of the North Atlantic, Image Size : 365x455 (mm), 14.37x17.91 (Inches), Platemark Size : , Paper Size : 437x528 (mm), 17.20x20.79 (Inches), Coloring: Printed in Color, Medium: Offset Lithograph, Categories: Posters; Transportation Ships;. Very Good, backed on acid free tissue paper for long term preservation. Item #P4028
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