Two former German liners have been purchased by the Canadian Pacific from the British Government. One of these, the str. Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm, made several trips between Liverpool and Quebec last summer under the Canadian Pacific flag, but was turned back to the British Government, as not being entirely suited to the Company's Atlantic trade. Now that she has been purchased by the Canadian Pacific, after being' reconditioned, she will be renamed the Empress of China and placed on the run between Vancouver, Japan and China ports, for which service she is adr: irably adapted. The new Empress of China is a steel twin-screw vessel; length 589.9 ft.. breadth 68.3 ft; depth. 38.6 ft; registered tonnage 17,082 and sea speed 17} knots.
The other vessel, Kaiserin Aug-use Victoria, which, after being reconditioned, is to-be renamed the press of Scotland will take her lace in the Trans-Atlantic service next year and will be, iby far, the largest vessel on the St. Lawrence She is a steel twin-screw ip: length 6% ft; breadth 77.3 ft: depth 50.2 ft; registered tonnage 24,581, and has a. sea speed of 18 knots.
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