{"id":533,"date":"2024-08-26T22:07:20","date_gmt":"2024-08-26T22:07:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/empressofasia.com\/?page_id=533"},"modified":"2024-08-26T22:07:20","modified_gmt":"2024-08-26T22:07:20","slug":"maiden-voyage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/empressofasia.com\/index.php\/maiden-voyage\/","title":{"rendered":"Maiden Voyage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Maiden Voyage<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

June 14th<\/sup>, 1913-August 31st<\/sup>, 1913<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The EMPRESS OF ASIA under the command of Samuel Robinson began her maiden voyage upon sailing from Liverpool on June 14th<\/sup>, destined for Vancouver British Columbia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The following table contains the names of senior officers on this voyage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Samuel Robinson<\/strong><\/td>Commander<\/td><\/tr>
L. D. Douglas<\/strong><\/td>Chief Officer<\/td><\/tr>
W. Auld<\/strong><\/td>Chief Engineer<\/td><\/tr>
F. James<\/strong><\/td>Purser<\/td><\/tr>
D. Maughan-Taylor<\/strong><\/td>Assistant-Purser<\/td><\/tr>
P. J. Ryan<\/strong><\/td>Surgeon<\/td><\/tr>
T. J. Bridge<\/strong><\/td>Chief Steward<\/td><\/tr>
Lieutenant W. F. Legge<\/strong><\/td>Extra Second Officer<\/td><\/tr>
Lieutenant Whitten<\/strong><\/td>Second Officer<\/td><\/tr>
W. Sinclair<\/strong><\/td>Third Officer<\/td><\/tr>
D. W. Graham<\/strong><\/td>Fourth Officer<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The following list contains the names of Ports that were called upon during this voyage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • Left Liverpool Saturday June 14th<\/sup>\u00a01913<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Arrived Madeira Wednesday June 18th<\/sup>\u00a01913<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Left Madeira Thursday June 19th<\/sup>\u00a01913<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Arrived Cape Town Wednesday July 2nd<\/sup>\u00a01913<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Left Cape Town Friday July 4th<\/sup>\u00a01913<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Arrived Durban Sunday July 6th<\/sup>\u00a01913<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Left Durban Tuesday July 8th<\/sup>\u00a01913<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Arrived Colombo Saturday July 19th<\/sup>\u00a01913<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Left Colombo Monday July 21st<\/sup>\u00a01913<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Arrived Singapore Friday July 25th<\/sup>\u00a0\u00a01913<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Left Singapore Saturday July 26th<\/sup>\u00a01913<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Arrived Hong Kong Wednesday July 30th<\/sup>\u00a01913<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Left Hong Kong Wednesday August 13th<\/sup>\u00a01913<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Left Shanghai Saturday August 16th<\/sup>\u00a01913<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Left Nagasaki Monday August 18th<\/sup>\u00a01913<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Left Kobe Tuesday August 19th<\/sup>\u00a01913<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Left Yokohama Thursday August 21st<\/sup>\u00a01913<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Arrived Victoria Saturday August 30th<\/sup>\u00a01913<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Arrived Vancouver Sunday August 31st<\/sup>\u00a01913<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n


    The EMPRESS OF ASIA sailed to Vancouver via South Africa and the Cape of Good Hope.\u00a0\u00a0About 70 passengers boarded at Liverpool and others joined at Capetown, Hong Kong and Yokohama.\u00a0\u00a0When Victoria was reached passengers numbered 140 in Saloon Class, 80 in Second Class and 629 in Steerage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


    The EMPRESS OF ASIA carried 4223 tons of cargo. Three thousand bales of silk that filled 17 railcars were transferred to a waiting silk train for an expeditious trip across the continent to New York.\u00a0\u00a0The silk shipment was valued at $3,000,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


    The ship also carried 262 cases of silk goods, 81 cases of linen goods, 60 cases of cotton goods, 80 cases of curios and 18,000 pieces of sawn oak from Yokohama.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


    H. Maitland-Kersey, Managing Superintendent of Canadian pacific Steamships, traveled to British Columbia to greet the ship and boarded at Victoria to make the trip to Vancouver.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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