THE EMPRESS NEWS June 26, 1950 Canadian Pacific Steamships RMS EMPRESS OF CANADA

This 8-page newspaper was published by the Canadian Pacific Steamships Ocean Services company for passengers on the “RMS Empress of Canada” on a transit to England, as the newspaper has primarily British advertising.  

The headline on this newspaper reports the start of the Korean War. 

Pages are 11 X 14 inches, with the newspaper folded horizontally at center.

The ship associated with this newspaper is an ocean liner built as the “SS Duchess of Richmond” in 1928 for Canadian Pacific Steamships by John Brown & Company in Clydebank, Scotland. In 1947 the ship was renamed “SS Empress of Canada” and had 400 first-class and 300 tourist-class cabins. The ship caught fire and capsized in 1953, after which it was scrapped.