Ship Details
Rig
Steamship/Troopship
Built
1913
Built In
Tonnage
16909
Demise
sunk off Sultan shoal 5/2/1942
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Description
RMS Empress of Asia was an ocean liner built in 1912–1913 by Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering at Govan on the Clyde in Scotland for Canadian Pacific Steamships.
As well as being a passenger liner in peacetime, Empress of Asia served as an armed merchant cruiser and a troopship in wartime. She was sunk during World War II by Japanese aircraft while transiting from Bombay to Singapore.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Empress_of_Asia (accessed on 24/11/2017)
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