Canadian Pacific
CP Page 4: Ocean Liners 1940-1970
This page is one of a series devoted to postcards and photographs of the Canadian Pacific Line.
An alphabetical list of ships
shown on this page is shown below. Below the table is a
Fleet List
in chronological order. There is a table of individual ship histories on the
CP Header Page
.
This page is still under construction!
Ships on This Page:-
Beaverash
- (1958 - 4,529 gt)
Beaverbrae (2)
- (1939 - 9,034 gt)
Beaverburn (2)
- (1944 - 9,875 gt)
Beavercove
- (1947 - 9,824 gt)
Beaverdell
- (1946 - 9,901 gt)
Beaverelm - (1960 - 3,964 gt)
Beaverfir - (1961 - 4,539 gt)
Beaverford (2) - (1944 - 9,881 gt)
Beaverglen
- (1946 - 9,824 gt)
Beaverlake - (1946 - 9,824 gt)
Beaverlodge - (1943 - 9,904 gt)
Beaveroak - (1965 - 6,165 gt)
Beaverpine - (1962 - 4.514 gt)
Empress of Australia (2)
- (1924 - 19,379 gt)
Empress of Britain (3)
- (1956 - 25,516 gt)
Empress of Canada (3)
- (1961 - 27,284 gt)
Empress of England
- (1956 - 25,585 gt)
Mapledell
- (1946 - 9,901 gt)
Maplecove
- (1947 - 9,824 gt)
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CP - Page 1
- Ocean Liners up to 1914
CP - Page 2
- Ocean Liners transferred from Beaver Line (1903) and Allan Line (1917)
CP - Page 3
- Ocean Liners 1915-1939
CP - Page 4
- Ocean Liners 1940-1970 - this page!
CP - Page 5
- West Coast Local Services
CP - Page 6
- East Coast Local Services
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Beaverbrae (2)
(1947 - 9,034 gt)
Built as the
Huascaran
for
Hapag
in 1939. Used as German Navy repair ship during WW2. In 1945 she was handed over to Canadian Government, and sold to Canadian Pacific in 1947. Refitted and renamed
Beaverbrae
. Used as an emigrant carrier between St.John and Bremerhaven/Bremen. In 1954 she was sold to
Cogedar Line
and renamed
Aurelia
, and ran various services Europe-Australia/New Zealand. In 1970 she was sold again to
Chandris Lines
and renamed
Romanza
. She ran Mediterranean cruises, plus charters elsewhere until 1991, when sold to Cypriot interests. Later burnt out.
A complete postcard history is available
on this link
.
German postcard of the
Beaverbrae
leaving Bremen.
Scan: Fred Siewart, who travelled to Canada on her in 1951.
This is an A.Duncan photographic postcard as the
Beaverbrae
.
Beaverlodge
(1943 - 9,904 gt)
ex-
Zealandic
, 1952 purchased from Shaw, Savill & Albion Line renamed
Beaverlodge
, 1960 sold to Ben Line renamed
Benhiant
.
Beaverburn (2)
(1946 - 9,875 gt)
Built as
Empire Captain
in 1944, and purchased in 1946 and renamed
Beaverburn
. In 1960 she was sold to Ben Line renamed
Bennachie
.
Photographic postcard as the
Beaverburn
.
Beaverford (2)
(1944 - 9,881 gt)
Built as the
Empire Kitchener
, and purchased in 1946 and renamed
Beaverford
, In 1962 sold to Alliance Marine Corp., Hong Kong, renamed
Hulda
.
Canadian Pacific official sepia card of
Beaverford.
Beaverdell
(1946-52, 1956-63 - 9,901 gt)
Mapledell
(1952-56 - 9,901 gt)
Beaverdell
was built in 1946. In 1952 she was renamed
Mapledell
for Pacific service, and in 1956 reverted to
Beaverdell
. In 1963 she was sold to Costa Line, Genoa renamed
Luisa Costa
.
Photographic postcard as the
Beaverdell
.
Photographic postcard as the
Mapledell
.
Beaverglen
(1946-63 - 9,824 gt)
1963 sold to Hibiscus Ltd, Bermuda, renamed
Bermuda Hibiscus
.
Canadian Pacific official sepia card of
Beaverglen.
Photographic postcard of the
Beaverglen
.
Beaverlake
(1946 - 9,824 gt)
1962 sold to Costa Line, Genoa renamed
Bice Costa
.
Beavercove
(1947-52, 1956-63 - 9,824 gt)
Maplecove
(1952-56 - 9,824 gt)
1952 renamed
Maplecove
for Pacific service, 1956 reverted to
Beavercove
, 1963 sold to Costa Line, Italy renamed
Giovanna Costa
.
Canadian Pacific official sepia card of
Beavercove.
Photographic postcard as the
Maplecove
.
Empress of Australia
(Canadian Pacific: 1953-56)
Empress of Australia
entered service as the
De Grasse
of the
French Line
.
De Grasse
was laid down as
Suffren
but renamed during a lengthy 4-year building period at Cammell, Laird & Co, Birkenhead. She operated on the CGT Havre-New York service until 1940, when seized by the Germans.
De Grasse
was sunk by gunfire at Bordeaux on August 30th, 1944.
De Grasse
was raised and refitted, re-entering service with CGT on her old route in 1947, now with only one funnel. She was transferred to the Caribbean service in 1952, and sold to Canadian Pacific as their
Empress of Australia
in 1953. The
Empress of Australia
was bought by Grimaldi-SIOSA in 1956 and renamed
Venezuela
. Following rebuilding for their Italy-West Indies-Venezuela service, her passenger capacity increased from 664 to nearly 1500.
Venezuela
was lost in 1962, off Cannes.
There is a complete history of this ship
on this link
.
Canadian Pacific official sepia card of
Empress of Australia.
A superb Canadian Pacific official colour art card of
Empress of Australia.
The card was posted from Quebec to the UK in 1955.
Plastichrome colour postcard P12880 of
Empress of Australia at Montreal
The card was posted from Montreal to the UK in 1962.
Empress of Britain (3)
(1956 - 25,516 gt)
The
Empress of Britain
was built in 1956 by Fairfields of Glasgow, preceding sister
Empress of England
into service by one year. She was Britain's first fully air-conditioned liner. Initially running on the North Atlantic from Liverpool, she ran her first winter Caribbean cruise from New York in January 1960. As time passed, more of her time was spent cruising as air travel hit the Atlantic market, and her final Atlantic voyage was number 123, completed in October 1963, only seven years after her maiden voyage.
She was sold to the
Greek Line
, and re-entered service for them as
Queen Anna Maria
in 1965, running a fortnightly service to New York calling at Naples and Lisbon. Following the collapse of the Greek Line, she was sold to Carnival, joining the the
Mardi Gras
(ex-
Empress of Canada
) in 1975 as the
Carnivale
. Following the numerous new deliveries to Carnival, she was transferred to subsidiary Fiesta Marine Cruises as
Fiesta Marina
. She was sold again in 1994 to
Epirotiki
as
Olympic
, and has recently been on charter to British tour company
Thomson
as the
Topaz
. In 2002,
Topaz
received a
new colour scheme
. She is replaced in the Thomson fleet in the spring of 2003, and she was then chartered to
Peace Boat
.
There is a complete history of this ship
on this link
.
Canadian Pacific Line sepia official card of
Empress of Britain
.
The faint diagonal lines on the scan are on the original card!
Canadian Pacific Line monochrome official card of
Empress of Britain
.
Canadian Pacific Line official card of the Tourist Children's Playroom on
Empress of Britain
. The card was posted from the North Cape on 23rd June 1964, whilst on a cruise, as shown by the postmark and stamp on the card back shown below.
Aune commercial card (s/n F-2382-5) of
Empress of Britain
at Trondheim.
Salmon commercial card of
Empress of Britain
, painted by C.A.Garman (s/n 5340).
Salmon commercial card of
Empress of Britain
, at Liverpool Pier Head (s/n 1-06-02-04/2123c).
After the Battle commercial card of
Empress of Britain
, photo by Beken of Cowes (s/n P135).
Empress of England
(1956 - 25,585 gt)
The
Empress of England
was built in 1957 by Vickers-Armstrongs of Newcastle, following sister
Empress of Britain
into service by one year. Initially intended to run Liverpool-Quebec & Montreal in summer, and Liverpool-Saint John in winter, she soon began to spend winters on Caribbean cruising from New York. As time passed, more of her time was spent cruising as air travel hit the Atlantic market. Initial passenger capacity was 160 First Class and 898 Tourist Class on liner service, but less on cruising.
It is easy to tell the two sisters apart, since the
Empress of Britain
has windows spaced 2-2-2 on the boat deck each side under the bridge wings, whereas on
Empress of England
they are spaced 2-1-2. The third ship,
Empress of Canada
was quite distinct, with a different funnel top and more superstructure forward of the bridge.
In 1970 she was sold to
Shaw Savill
, who had ambitious plans to increase their cruising market. The project was doomed almost from the start, as the conversion work at Cammell Laird stretched to over a year. She reappeared eventually in October 1971 as the
Ocean Monarch
. She operated only until 1975, when she was sold for scrap. This page shows company and commercial postcards under both owners.
There is a complete history of this ship