Launch of the 'Empress of Britain', Glasgow, Scotland, 11 June 1930, (1935). 'The new Canadian Pacific Liner, Empress of Britain, which was launched at Glasgow by the Prince of Wales'. RMS 'Empress of Britain', built by John Brown & Co on Clydebank, provided scheduled trans-Atlantic passenger service between Canada and Europe from 1931 until 1939. She was sunk 28th October 1940 during WWII. From "The Silver Jubilee Book - The Story of 25 Eventful Years in Pictures". [Odhams Press Ltd., London, 1935]