Maiden Voyage – Empress of Asia

Maiden Voyage

June 14^th, 1913-August 31^st, 1913

The EMPRESS OF ASIA under the command of Samuel Robinson began her maiden voyage upon sailing from Liverpool on June 14^th, destined for Vancouver British Columbia.

The following table contains the names of senior officers on this voyage.

Samuel Robinson	Commander
L. D. Douglas	Chief Officer
W. Auld	Chief Engineer
F. James	Purser
D. Maughan-Taylor	Assistant-Purser
P. J. Ryan	Surgeon
T. J. Bridge	Chief Steward
Lieutenant W. F. Legge	Extra Second Officer
Lieutenant Whitten	Second Officer
W. Sinclair	Third Officer
D. W. Graham	Fourth Officer

The following list contains the names of Ports that were called upon during this voyage.

Left Liverpool Saturday June 14^th 1913
Arrived Madeira Wednesday June 18^th 1913
Left Madeira Thursday June 19^th 1913
Arrived Cape Town Wednesday July 2^nd 1913
Left Cape Town Friday July 4^th 1913
Arrived Durban Sunday July 6^th 1913
Left Durban Tuesday July 8^th 1913
Arrived Colombo Saturday July 19^th 1913
Left Colombo Monday July 21^st 1913
Arrived Singapore Friday July 25^th 1913
Left Singapore Saturday July 26^th 1913
Arrived Hong Kong Wednesday July 30^th 1913
Left Hong Kong Wednesday August 13^th 1913
Left Shanghai Saturday August 16^th 1913
Left Nagasaki Monday August 18^th 1913
Left Kobe Tuesday August 19^th 1913
Left Yokohama Thursday August 21^st 1913
Arrived Victoria Saturday August 30^th 1913
Arrived Vancouver Sunday August 31^st 1913

The EMPRESS OF ASIA sailed to Vancouver via South Africa and the Cape of Good Hope. About 70 passengers boarded at Liverpool and others joined at Capetown, Hong Kong and Yokohama. When Victoria was reached passengers numbered 140 in Saloon Class, 80 in Second Class and 629 in Steerage.

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. The silk shipment was valued at $3,000,000.

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.

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.