Built by Fairfield SB&E Co. Govan, 26,032 gross tons, loa 644' and launched in 1929 as Empress of Japan. Powered by 6 steam turbines reduction geared to two shafts giving a service speed of 22 knots. Passengers 399 1st, 164 2nd, 100 3rd & 510 steerage. Crew 579. Requisitioned as a troop ship, November 1939 and renamed Empress of Scotland in October 1942 due to Japan having entered the war in 1941. Released back to owners in 1948 and refitted by her builders with glassed in promenade deck for Atlantic weather. Acommodation changed to 458 1st and 250 tourist.Gross tons 26,313. In '52 she had her masts shortened to allow her to pass under the Quebeck Bridge and sail up to Montreal. Sold to Hamberg Atlantic Line in 1958 and delivered as "Scotland" but was modernised and rebuilt with two funnels in Hamburg, renamed Hanseatic.Tonnage increased to 30,030 gross. In Sept. 1966 she caught fire in New York harbour. She was towed back to Hamburg by the Bugsier tugs Atlantic and Pacific and was sold for scrap. Broken up by Eisen & Metall AG Hamburg.
This photograph was taken in 1956 in Liverpool.