Talk:RMS Empress of Britain (1930)

Not the Empress of Ireland's sister
This Empress of Britain is not the sister ship of the Empress of Ireland. There was another Empress of Britain that was launched in 1906. That ship was the Empress of Ireland's sister. Compared to the Empress of Britain in this article the Empress of Ireland had 2 funnels instead of 3, was about 1/3 as big and was launched 25 years earlier.

Third funnel
Is it true that the EofB's third funnel was like Titanic's fourth funnel - not a smoke-producing funnel? 04:06, 10 July 2006 (UTC) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.117.4.237 (talk • contribs).


 * I don't know for sure, but it's quite possible. A lot of ships were built like that, with a funnel as a dummy.  Queen Mary was like that, with the third funnel being a dummy, and America had the first (of two) funnels as a dummy.  SchuminWeb (Talk) 05:26, 10 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Yes, as you can see in the side elevation in the article, the third funnel does not contain boiler trunks. The Queen Mary's third funnel was partly functional though. John.Conway 10:05, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

Plausibly useful links
The process of changing the name of this article revealed a number of links. It is unclear whether these links should or should not be incorporated in the article's "See also" section. They are posted here for evaluation and review by other editors. --Tenmei (talk) 19:30, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

The following pages link to RMS Empress of Britain (1930) ...


 * List of shipwrecks
 * Ocean liner
 * List of ocean liners
 * Unterseeboot 32 (1937)
 * CP Ships
 * Edward Wentworth Beatty
 * SS Empress of Britain (1931)
 * List of shipwrecks in 1940
 * RMS Empress of Britain (1931)
 * Ronald Niel Stuart
 * Monarchy in Nova Scotia
 * Portal:Nautical/June history
 * Bernhard Jope
 * Empress of Britain II
 * Empress of Britain 2
 * Empress of Britain

Redundant useful links
Changing name from RMS Empress of Britain (1930) to RMS Empress of Britain (1931) because the disambiguation date was wrong -- should have been 1931, date of maiden voyage rather than launch date .... --Tenmei (talk) 20:30, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Trains
See explanatory comment at Talk:RMS Empress of Canada (1928) --Tenmei (talk) 20:17, 26 June 2009 (UTC)

Error?
"...the Empress of Britain was ordered with outer steel plating double the thickness at the stem and for 150 feet (46 m) back at either side, up to the waterline."

Stern? Shouldn't that be bow? Jason404 (talk) 02:31, 9 July 2010 (UTC)


 * I think you may have misread. It says "stem", not "stern", and stem = bow.  SchuminWeb (Talk) 06:57, 9 July 2010 (UTC)

Largest ship sunk by u-boat?
The japanese carrier Shinano was also sunk by a submarine, and if I remember correctly she was both heavier and longer than the Empress (thus fulfilling multiple definitions of "largest"). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.24.187.32 (talk) 10:50, 7 November 2011 (UTC)

It was the largest ship sunk by a "U-boat" which is the common name for WW1 and WW2 German submarines. Japanese submarines were commonly called I-boats.--Jackehammond (talk) 06:03, 8 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Learn something new every day! I didn't know that about the I-boat name.  Good to know for future reference.  SchuminWeb (Talk) 03:31, 9 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Point taken, and didn't know about the distinction. Learn something new indeed! I do however think that it would simplify to add "a german U-boat" to avoid misunderstandings, as it has been done under "fate" to the right, and in multiple places in the text. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.235.239.187 (talk) 12:33, 8 December 2011 (UTC)

New photo to add to the page
I have written permission from Canadian Pacific to use a photo from their archives of the Empress of Britain. I'm not sure how to add a photo - I can't make it work! Does anyone out there have some quick advice for me, please? Thanks very much. Ashley Bodiguel (talk) 23:27, 11 January 2012 (UTC)

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