Oceans of Fate: Peace and Peril Aboard the Steamship Empress of Asia

by Dan Black

The remarkable story of how one ship -- doomed by war -- intersected lives and crossed into history.

Completed in 1913 for Canadian Pacific, the Empress of Asia plied the oceans for nearly 30 years. Built for long-haul ocean travel during peace-time, she saw wartime service as an armed merchant cruiser and troopship before Japanese dive-bombers destroyed her in 1942.

Through the Roaring Twenties and the Great Depression,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1459752511
• ISBN13: 9781459752511
• Release Date: February 2025
• Publisher: Dundurn Press
• Length: 456 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"