SS De Grasse

Empress of Australia
History
Name:	1924-1953: SS de Grasse 1953-1956 RMS Empress of Australia 1956-1962 Venezuela
Owner:	1924-1953: Compagnie Générale Transatlantique 1953-1956: Canadian Pacific Steamships 1956-1962: Sicula Oceanica
Port of registry:	1924-1953: France 1953-1956: Canada 1956-1962: Italy
Builder:	Cammell Laird, Birkenhead, United Kingdom
Way number:	886
Laid down:	23 March 1920
Launched:	23 February 1924
Completed:	August 1924
Out of service:	1962
General characteristics
Class and type:	Ocean liner
Tonnage:	17,759 tons
Length:	168.3 metres (552 ft)
Beam:	21.8 metres (72 ft)

SS De Grasse was an ocean liner built in 1920–1924 by Cammell Laird, Birkenhead, United Kingdom for the Compagnie Generale Transatlantique, and launched in February 1924.^[1]

Canadian Pacific

She was refitted for Canadian Pacific Steamships in 1953, then renamed in that same year as the Empress of Australia.^[1]

Sicula Oceanica

She was sold in 1956 to Sicula Oceanica; and after refit, the ship was renamed Venezuela.^[1]

The ship was wrecked off Cannes on 16 March 1962; and she was broken up at La Spezia in August the same year.

See also

• CP Ships
• List of ocean liners
• List of ships in British Columbia

References

Further reading

• Haworth, R.B. Miramar Ship Index: ID #1185887.
• Tate, E. Mowbray. (1986). Transpacific Steam: The Story of Steam Navigation from the Pacific Coast of North America to the Far East and the Antipodes, 1867-1941. New York: Cornwall Books. ISBN 978-0-8453-4792-8 (cloth)

Gallery

SS DeGrasse is originally designed with two funnels. (1924-1947)

SS DeGrasse was modified in 1947; and only one funnel remained. (1947-1953)