SS De Grasse
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 Empress of Australia | |
| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: |
1924-1953: SS de Grasse 1953-1956 RMS Empress of Australia 1956-1962 Venezuela |
| Owner: |
1924-1953:  Compagnie Générale Transatlantique 1953-1956:  Canadian Pacific Steamships 1956-1962: Venezuela Sicula Oceanica |
| Port of registry: |
1924-1953: France 1953-1956: Canada 1956-1962: Italy |
| Builder: | Cammell Laird, Birkenhead, United Kingdom |
| Way number: | 886 |
| Laid down: | 23 March 1920 |
| Launched: | 23 February 1924 |
| Completed: | August 1924 |
| Out of service: | 1962 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Ocean liner |
| Tonnage: | 17,759 tons |
| Length: | 168.3 m |
| Beam: | 21.8 m |
For other ships of the same name, see RMS Empress of Australia.
SS De Grasse was an ocean liner built in 1920-1924 by Cammell Laird, Birkenhead, United Kingdom for the Compagnie Generale Transatlantique, and launched in February 1924.[1]
Canadian Pacific
She was refitted for Canadian Pacific Steamships in 1953, then renamed in that same year as the Empress of Australia.[1]
Sicula Oceanica
She was sold in 1956 to Sicula Oceanica; and after refit, the ship was renamed Venezuela.[1]
The ship was wrecked off Cannes on 16 March 1962; and she was broken up at La Spezia in August the same year.
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Haworth, R.B. Miramar Ship Index: ID #1185887
Further reading
- Haworth, R.B. Miramar Ship Index: ID #1185887.
- Tate, E. Mowbray. (1986). Transpacific Steam: The Story of Steam Navigation from the Pacific Coast of North America to the Far East and the Antipodes, 1867-1941. New York: Cornwall Books. 10-ISBN 0-845-34792-6; 13-ISBN 978-0-845-34792-8 (cloth)
