File:Empress of Asia burning, Singapore, 1942 (8181201307).jpg

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Notes: RMS Empress of Asia was an ocean liner built in 1912-1913 by Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering at Govan on the Clyde in Scotland for Canadian Pacific Steamships.

As well as being a passenger liner in peacetime, Empress of Asia served as an armed merchant cruiser and a troopship in wartime. She was sunk during World War II by Japanese aircraft while transiting from Bombay to Singapore.

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Repository: Blue Mountains City Library <a href="http://www.bmcc.nsw.gov.au/library/" rel="nofollow">www.bmcc.nsw.gov.au/library/</a>

Part of: Local Studies Collection – img 585

Provenance: Jack Proctor
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Source Empress of Asia burning, Singapore, 1942
Author Blue Mountains Library, Local Studies from Blue Mountains, Australia
Camera location1° 13′ 29.58″ N, 103° 41′ 10.38″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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