SS Empress Of Asia
RMS ''Empress of Asia'' was an ocean liner built in 1912–1913 by Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering at Govan on the River Clyde, 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. Service history ''Empress of Asia'' was built by Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering at Govan near Glasgow in Scotland She was launched on 23 November 1912, and christened by Mrs. Bosworth, wife of the Vice-President of the Canadian Pacific Railway. She completed her maiden voyage in 1913. In May 1914, Captain Samuel Robinson (sea captain), Samuel Robinson pushed the RMS ''Empress of Asia'' and her crew in setting a new world's record for both a single day's steaming (473 nautical miles) and for crossing the Pacific (nine days, two hours, and fifteen minutes). Worl ...
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United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Ireland
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was a sovereign state in the British Isles that existed between 1801 and 1922, when it included all of Ireland. It was established by the Acts of Union 1800, which merged the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland into a unified state. The establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922 led to the remainder later being renamed the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in 1927. The United Kingdom, having financed the European coalition that defeated France during the Napoleonic Wars, developed a large Royal Navy that enabled the British Empire to become the foremost world power for the next century. For nearly a century from the final defeat of Napoleon following the Battle of Waterloo to the outbreak of World War I, Britain was almost continuously at peace with Great Powers. The most notable exception was the Crimean War with the Russian Empire, in which actual hostilities were relatively limited. How ...
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