1920's image of the 21,517 ton, 653-foot RMS Empress of Canada, an Atlantic route liner.(Canadian Pacific Steamships). Sister ships included Empress of France and Empress of Britain. She transported refugees – 587 Europeans, 31 Japanese, and 362 Chinese – to Kobe, Japan after the Great Kantō earthquake and was used as a troopship during WWII

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Size: 5906px × 4357px
Photo credit: © Colin Waters / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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