April 5, 2024
World War I Souvenir Booklet,USS Kaiserin Auguste Victoria(Troop Transport Ship)
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This is a WWI booklet, A Souvenir Edition of the Victorian, USS Kaiserin Auguste Victoria. The booklet measures 6 3/8" x 8 3/8" with 16 pages.RMS Empress of Scotland , originally SS Kaiserin Auguste Victoria , was an ocean liner built in 1905--1906 by Vulcan AG shipyard in Stettin (now Szczecin, Poland ) for the Hamburg America Line . The ship regularly sailed between Hamburg and New York City until the outbreak of war in Europe in 1914. At the end of hostilities, re-flagged as USS Kaiserin Auguste Victoria , she transported American troops from Europe to the United States. For a brief time Cunard sailed the re-flagged ship between Liverpool and New York.The ship was refitted for Canadian Pacific Steamships (CP) and in 1921, she was renamed Empress of Scotland --the first of two CP ships to bear that name.The vessel ended service in 1930 and was sold for scrap . During the demolition of the ship, the vessel caught fire, broke in two and sank. The hulls were raised and scrapped.
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