Emperor (ship)

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Several merchant ships have been named Emperor, or a variation of Emperor.

  • (originally named Leopard), Canadian (later U.S.) schooner, U.S. Official No. 8500. Wrecked on Lake Ontario, near Oswego, New York, in November 1870.[1]
  • SS Emperor, British propeller, steam sloop. Wrecked at Fécamp, Pas-de-Calais, France on October 9, 1857.
  • SS Emperor (1910), Canadian propeller, steamer, bulk freighter, Official No. 126654. Wrecked on Isle Royale in Lake Superior on June 4, 1947.[2]
  • (originally named Canadian Warrior), Canadian propeller, package freighter, Official No. 140960. Wrecked at Ballantyne Cove, Cape George, Nova Scotia, on December 7, 1926.[3]
  • (originally Canadian Signaller, later Skjoldheim and Polyana), Canadian (later Norwegian) propeller, package freighter. Torpedoed by German submarine U-103 in the Atlantic Ocean on April 25, 1941.[4]
  • (originally Canadian Sower), Canadian (later Japanese) propeller, package freighter, Official No. 141487. Torpedoed by an American submarine near Po-hai on February 10, 1945.[5]
  • (originally Canadian Trader, later Gilda Scuderi), Canadian (later Italian and U.S.) propeller, package freighter, Official No. 141376. Lost in November 1928, while travelling from Seattle, Washington, to Kobe, Japan.[6]
  • (originally Canadian Adventurer, later Nootka), Canadian (later Peruvian) propeller, package freighter, Official No. 141486. Scrapped in Peru in 1960.[7]
  • (originally Canadian Sailor, later Nichiyei Maru and Nitei Maru), Canadian (later Japanese) propeller, package freighter, Official No. 141377. Foundered in the Yellow Sea on October 11, 1942.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ "LEOPARD (1853, Schooner)". Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library. Retrieved March 1, 2022.
  2. ^ "Emperor". Bowling Green State University. Retrieved March 1, 2022.
  3. ^ "Canadian Warrior". Bowling Green State University. Retrieved March 1, 2022.
  4. ^ "CANADIAN SIGNALLER (1919, Package Freighter)". Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library. Retrieved March 1, 2022.
  5. ^ "Canadian Sower". Bowling Green State University. Retrieved March 1, 2022.
  6. ^ "Canadian Trader". Bowling Green State University. Retrieved March 1, 2022.
  7. ^ "Canadian Adventurer". Bowling Green State University. Retrieved March 1, 2022.
  8. ^ "Canadian Sailor". Bowling Green State University. Retrieved March 1, 2022.
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