LINER AS YACHT.
INDIAN PRINCE'S PURCHASE. J The Canadian Pacific liner Empress of . JajJan, which opened the " AA-Uea" western route to .the .Orient in 1891, has beep sold to a rich-Indian prince, who » to. convert her into the biggest private steam yacht in the world. One of the most graceful merchantmen ! afloat, she has a fine clipper stem and tße appearance of a yacht; and she registers 6000 tons. Her new owner's agent surveyed her in Vancouver and found" her > in perfect condition. ! Ihiring the war the Empress of Japan | was commissioned as an auxiliary cruiser to perdue the Emden. The attention of her new owner was first drawn to her by the beautiful appearance of her sister chip, the Empress of India;, which acted as Jaospital ship throughout the war»
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18173, 19 August 1922, Page 2 (Supplement)
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131LINER AS YACHT. New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18173, 19 August 1922, Page 2 (Supplement)
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