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Book Synopsis RMS Empress of Britain by : Clive Harvey
Download or read book RMS Empress of Britain written by Clive Harvey and published by Revealing History (Paperback). This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The largest ship ever built for the transatlantic route to Canada was the 'Empress of Britain'. But it wasn't just size that made the 'Empress' Britain's greatest liner - her interiors were the finest ever seen on the Canadian route. Designers from W. Heath Robinson to Edmund Dulac created sumptuous interiors while the naval architects of John Brown's at Clydebank designed the exterior. In winter, the 'Empress of Britain' became the most luxurious cruise ship, undertaking world cruises to such exotic locations as Hong Kong, Cuba, Singapore, and South America. In 1941, her career was to be cut short by a lone German bomber that straddled her with bombs. She caught fire and was left to burn, being finished off by a U-boat. It was a tragic end for Britain's greatest liner.
Book Synopsis The Empress of Britain Launched June 11 1930, First Voyage (Southampton to Quebec) June 17 1931 by : Canadian Pacific Limited
Download or read book The Empress of Britain Launched June 11 1930, First Voyage (Southampton to Quebec) June 17 1931 written by Canadian Pacific Limited and published by . This book was released on 1931 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Ocean Liners of Canada by : Source Wikipedia
Download or read book Ocean Liners of Canada written by Source Wikipedia and published by University-Press.org. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 19. Chapters: Empress of Britain (1956), RMS Empress of Asia, RMS Empress of Australia (1919), RMS Empress of Britain (1931), RMS Empress of Canada (1961), RMS Empress of China (1891), RMS Empress of England, RMS Empress of France (1914), RMS Empress of France (1928), RMS Empress of India (1891), RMS Empress of Japan (1891), RMS Empress of Russia. Excerpt: The RMS Empress of Britain was an ocean liner built between 1928 and 1931 by John Brown shipyard in Scotland and owned by Canadian Pacific Steamship Company. This ship was the second of three CP vessels named Empress of Britain - provided scheduled trans-Atlantic passenger service from spring to autumn between Canada and Europe from 1931 until 1939. In her time, she was the largest, fastest, and most luxurious ship between England and Canada. She was torpedoed on 28 October 1940 by U-32 and sank. At 42,348 gross tons, she was the largest liner lost during the Second World War and the largest ship sunk by a U-boat. Work began on the Empress of Britain on 28 November 1928 when the plates of her keel were laid at John Brown & Co, Clydebank, Scotland. She was launched on 11 June 1930 by HRH Prince of Wales. This was the first time that launching ceremonies in Britain were broadcast by radio to Canada and the United States. The ship began sea trials on 11 April 1931 where she recorded 25.5 knots (47.2 km/h), and left Southampton on her maiden voyage to Quebec on 27 May 1931. As the ship would sail a more northerly trans-Atlantic route where ice-infested waters off Newfoundland sometimes awaited, the Empress of Britain was ordered with outer steel plating double the thickness at the stem and for 150 feet (46 m) back at either side, up to the waterline. Her sea trials showed her to be "the world's most economical steamship for fuel consumption per horsepower-hour." Her primary...
Book Synopsis Great British Passenger Ships by : William H. Miller
Download or read book Great British Passenger Ships written by William H. Miller and published by Great Passenger Ships. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Great British passenger ships
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Book Synopsis Passenger List, Empress of Britain by : Canadian Pacific Limited
Download or read book Passenger List, Empress of Britain written by Canadian Pacific Limited and published by . This book was released on 1939 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis RMS Empress of Ireland by : Derek Grout
Download or read book RMS Empress of Ireland written by Derek Grout and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2014-05-27 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Delve into the tragic history of the ship whose sinking was as disastrous as the Titanic’s. When we think of a major marine disaster, the Titanic usually springs to mind. Yet a mere two years after the Titanic, a tragedy of similar proportions took place in the confines of the St. Lawrence River. On a dark night in May 1914 the Norwegian collier Storstad rammed the Canadian Pacific liner Empress of Ireland. In less than fifteen minutes, more than 1,000 people died, trapped in the ship’s hull or drowned as they were trying to escape. They died within sight of land. Despite the scale of the disaster and the fact that the ship had an excellent safety record with eight years in service, the Empress tragedy has been sadly overlooked. Now this lavishly illustrated luxury edition seeks to remedy this oversight, on the centenary of the tragic event.
Download or read book The Empress written by Tanika Gupta and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2023-07-21 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee, 1887. At East London's Tilbury Docks, Rani Das and Abdul Karim step ashore after the long voyage from India. One has to battle a society who deems her a second-class citizen; the other forges an astonishing entanglement with the ageing Queen Victoria who finds herself enchanted by stories of an India over which she rules, but has never seen. Through narrative, music and song, The Empress blends the true story of Queen Victoria's controversial relationship with her Indian servant and 'Munshi' (teacher), Abdul Karim, with the experiences of Indian ayahs who came to Britain during the 19th century. With private romance being mapped onto world history, the action cuts between the ship and different royal residences, offering bright contrasts as well as surprising affinities. In doing so, the play uncovers remarkable unknown stories of 19th-century Britain and charts the growth of Indian nationalism and the romantic proclivities of one of Britain's most surprising monarchs. This revised edition was published to coincide with the revival at the RSC in summer 2023.
Download or read book Empress of Britain written by and published by . This book was released on 1931 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Empress of Britain: Lost in Action in the Service of Her Country, October 28, 1940 by : Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Download or read book Empress of Britain: Lost in Action in the Service of Her Country, October 28, 1940 written by Canadian Pacific Railway Company and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Empress of Britain by : Gordon Turner
Download or read book Empress of Britain written by Gordon Turner and published by Boston Mills Press. This book was released on 1992-01-01 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Britain at Bay written by Alan Allport and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2021-10-26 with total page 641 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From statesmen and military commanders to ordinary Britons, a bold, sweeping history of Britain's entrance into World War II—and its efforts to survive it—illuminating the ways in which the war permanently transformed a nation and its people “Might be the single best examination of British politics, society and strategy in these four years that has ever been written.” —The Wall Street Journal Here is the many-faceted, world-historically significant story of Britain at war. In looking closely at the military and political dimensions of the conflict’s first crucial years, Alan Allport tackles pressing questions such as whether the war could have been avoided, how it could have been lost, how well the British lived up to their own values, and ultimately, what difference the war made to the fate of the nation. In answering these questions, he reexamines our assumptions and paints a vivid portrait of the ways in which the Second World War transformed British culture and society. This bracing account draws on a lively cast of characters—from the political and military leaders who made the decisions, to the ordinary citizens who lived through them—in a comprehensible and compelling single history of forty-six million people. A sweeping and groundbreaking epic, Britain at Bay gives us a fresh look at the opening years of the war, and illuminates the integral moments that, for better or for worse, made Britain what it is today.
Book Synopsis Canadian Pacific Ships by : Ian Collard
Download or read book Canadian Pacific Ships written by Ian Collard and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2022-05-12 with total page 716 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1873 a company was formed to construct the first railway across Canada. It soon branched out into shipping, chartering ships from the Cunard Line for service between Vancouver, Yokohama, Shanghai and Hong Kong. In 1889 Canadian Pacific would be awarded the mail contract for the service across the Pacific and, by 1903, they would purchase Elder Dempster & Company and begin sailing from Liverpool to Quebec and Montreal. They obtained control of the Atlantic, rail and Pacific routes, and later interest in the Canadian–Australasian Line, becoming 'the world's greatest transportation system', bridging two oceans and linking four continents. Canada's largest operator of Atlantic and Pacific steamships until after the Second World War, CP Ships boasted such names as Empress of Britain, Empress of Ireland and Empress of Canada. This new history of the shipping side of Canadian Pacific includes a wealth of illustrations and a detailed fleet list that will enthral maritime enthusiasts.
Book Synopsis Empress of Britain by : Aztex Corporation
Download or read book Empress of Britain written by Aztex Corporation and published by Aztex Corporation. This book was released on 1971 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The History of Britain, that Part Especially Now Call'd England by : John Milton
Download or read book The History of Britain, that Part Especially Now Call'd England written by John Milton and published by . This book was released on 1670 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Tragic Story of the Empress of Ireland by : Logan Marshall
Download or read book The Tragic Story of the Empress of Ireland written by Logan Marshall and published by Philadelpia? : s.n.. This book was released on 1914 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Dreadnought written by Robert K. Massie and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2012-06-27 with total page 1076 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gripping chronicle of the personal and national rivalries that led to the twentieth century’s first great arms race, from Pulitzer Prize winner Robert K. Massie With the biographer’s rare genius for expressing the essence of extraordinary lives, Massie brings to life a crowd of glittery figures: the single-minded Admiral von Tirpitz; the young, ambitious Winston Churchill; the ruthless, sycophantic Chancellor Bernhard von Bülow; Britain’s greatest twentieth-century foreign secretary, Sir Edward Grey; and Jacky Fisher, the eccentric admiral who revolutionized the British navy and brought forth the first true battleship, the H.M.S. Dreadnought. Their story, and the story of the era, filled with misunderstandings, missed opportunities, and events leading to unintended conclusions, unfolds like a Greek tragedy in this powerful narrative. Intimately human and dramatic, Dreadnought is history at its most riveting. Praise for Dreadnought “Dreadnought is history in the grand manner, as most people prefer it: how people shaped, or were shaped by, events.”—Time “A classic [that] covers superbly a whole era . . . engrossing in its glittering gallery of characters.”—Chicago Sun-Times “[Told] on a grand scale . . . Massie [is] a master of historical portraiture and anecdotage.”—The Wall Street Journal “Brilliant on everything he writes about ships and the sea. It is Massie’s eye for detail that makes his nautical set pieces so marvelously evocative.”—Los Angeles Times
