"Empress of France"

Left, image of "Empress of France": from the front

cover of the ship's menu, printed in England 1956.

Canadian Pacific Line

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Ship's Menu,       Monday, May 13th, 1957.

              Voyage from Liverpool to Montreal

               Sailed May 7th, 1957.     

Links to pages of the menu:

Front cover

Inside front cover  (ship's log)

Menu page

Back cover

For more on the history of the "Empress of France", go to: http://www.greatships.net/duchessbedford.html

For the cruise route - down the St Lawrence - and further images,go to: Maritime Timetable Images

© 2001-2003    Björn Larsson: http://www.timetableimages.com/maritime/images/cp53i.htm

For the context in which this particular voyage took place, see Sue McPherson's Story of My Life.

Aboard ship, entertainment during the

week of May 7, 1957, included the film

The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936),

starring Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland.

"Empress of France", in Liverpool Harbour, the Liver Building in

the background. No date available.  From the McRoberts Collection. 90/228.  National Maritime Mueum, Merseyside.

Liver Building, Liverpool.   side view

                  Photo Sue McPherson 2003.

For a brief history of the ship see Story of the Empress of France

by Sue McPherson

Front cover

View website  Empress of France, story of the final voyage of the

Empress, Montreal to Liverpool, 30 November 1960, told through

the personal collection of Lewis Carter, passenger on this voyage.

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                  This page was created in Nov 2003, last updated  18 May 2008

     

Inside facing page and first page

Items from the Passenger List booklet, collection Lewis Carter

See also, Recollections of Nan Downham

on leaving England for Canada