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NH 93039 SS EMPRESS OF RUSSIA (British Transport, 1913-45)

SS EMPRESS OF RUSSIA (British Transport, 1913-45)
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Title: SS EMPRESS OF RUSSIA (British Transport, 1913-45)
Caption: As a repatriation ship for French POWs at Firth of Forth, Scotland, on 25 October 1943. The former Canadian-Pacific liner was destroyed by fire on 8 September 1945 while being refitted and was broken up.
Description: Courtesy of Charles N. Dragonette, 1982
Catalog #: NH 93039
Copyright Owner: Naval History and Heritage Command
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Original Date: Mon, Oct 25, 1943
After this Year: 1940
Before this Year: 1949
Original Medium: BW Photo
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