Notable Passengers

The EMPRESS OF ASIA, commanded by A. V. R. Lovegrove, began a Pacific crossing upon sailing from Vancouver on August 13^th, 1932. The ship carried 400 passengers with a considerable number embarking at Victoria, having arrived from the United States.

Reverend Eric H. Liddell was a passenger on this voyage travelling to Tientsin.

Eric H. Liddell was born in Tientsin in northern China in 1902, a child of Scottish missionaries. He was educated at Eltham College and Edinburgh University. While at Edinburgh University he excelled at athletics and participated in the 1924 Olympic Games at Paris winning a bronze medal in the 200 meters and a gold medal in the 400 meters.

Following the completion of his education he returned to north China in 1925 as a missionary of the London Mission Society.

Eric Liddell returned to Great Britain 1930 and was ordained as a Congregational minister on June 22^nd 1932. He returned to northern China by travelling across the Atlantic on the DUCHESS OF YORK and across Canada by rail, embarking upon the EMPRESS OF ASIA on August 13^th, 1932.

During World War Two, Eric Liddell was interned as a Prisoner of War at Weishien Camp where he died on February 21^st, 1945

The Olympic achievements of Eric Liddell were portrayed in the movie Chariots of Fire.

Notable passengers embarking aboard EMPRESS OF ASIA on August 13^th, 1932 at Vancouver and Victoria.

Reverend Eric H. Liddell	A missionary with the London missionary Society returning to Tientsin. Eric Liddell won a gold and bronze medal in track events at the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris.
T. Mayeda
Professor Yamada	Of the Peer’s School, Tokyo.
D. M. Hastins	Of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company.
S. B. Berkow	Buyer for the T. Eaton Company of Winnipeg proceeding to the Orient on a buying trip.
Reverend T. S. McDermott	Of the Dominican Fathers
Reverend J. J. Owens
J. J. Russel	Of Cincinnati, on a world tour.
W. H. P. Anderson	Secretary to the Mission of Lepers, en route to the Philippines.
Mrs. L. Moore Cosgrave	En route to Shanghai.
Mr. and Mrs. C. Gilbert Davies	Returning to Shanghai after a visit to America.
A. G. Dewing	Returning to Shanghai.
Allan Stewart	Of Victoria en route to China.

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