Title

Launch of the 'Empress of Britain', Glasgow

Caption

Launch of the 'Empress of Britain', Glasgow, Scotland, 11 June 1930, (1935). 'The new Canadian Pacific Liner, Empress of Britain, which was launched at Glasgow by the Prince of Wales'. RMS 'Empress of Britain', built by John Brown & Co on Clydebank, provided scheduled trans-Atlantic passenger service between Canada and Europe from 1931 until 1939. She was sunk 28th October 1940 during WWII. From "The Silver Jubilee Book - The Story of 25 Eventful Years in Pictures". [Odhams Press Ltd., London, 1935]

Date

1935

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19F24_054

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

61,4Mb (1,8Mb) / 13,1in x 18,2in / 3918 x 5474 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation river people crowd crowds boat boats arts industry book ship ships British geography Scotland liner ocean liner century Britain launching thirties literature launch glasgow shipyard clyde B&W MONOCHROME transatlantic trans-atlantic shipping Industry water transport black & white black and white B W 1930s river clyde 20th century The Print Collector geographical feature TGN West Dunbartonshire Clydebank photograph Unknown Prince of Wales King Edward VIII Edward VIII Prince Edward of Wales Duke of Windsor Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David Windsor Prince Edward Empress of Britain RMS Empress of Britain SS Empress of Britain Odhams Press Ltd Canadian Pacific Steamship Company King of Great Britain The Silver Jubilee Book HRH The Duke of Windso photograph