Website Update Log – Empress of Asia

August 2024

Continued transitioning of the entire website over to WordPress
Added new book “Oceans of Fate” to the Home page

June 2021

Home page updated

January 2021

Home page updated with Harry Livingstone’s Forgotten Men book which includes information about the Empress of Asia.
Small bug fix with re-linking to the home page so the tabs on the left don’t duplicate.

September 2020

Majority of images watermarked.

September 12, 2014

Updated Casualties page with Trooper John HODGSON, and two photographs.

June 6, 2014

Updated 1941 Suez page with details of the Halifax pickup of Canadian troops.
Added two images of the menu served to the Canadian troops on teh 1941 Suez page.

November 25, 2012

Added the names to 1941 Suez page:Connell, H.A., Lane, L.R., and Thomas, R.D.
Added casualties to the World War 1 page: Smith, Alexander; Wong, Wong; Ip Yee; and Lung Sack.
Added tombstone photos for Ip Yee and Lung Sack (linked from the World War 1 page)

October 21, 2011

Corrected date on World War I page from July 2nd to July 9th, 1914.
Added Warrant Officer Class II Ewan Kennedy McKerchar to the World War II casualties page.
Added watermarks to empressofasia.com images.

July 30th, 2010

Replaced the two photographs on main page from BC Archives with original photos.
Fixed various spelling and gramatical errors.

March 9th, 2010

Added three more photographs to the photos kindly provided by Drew Waveryn
Added an original photo of the Empress of Asia to the WWI page.
Added details and photo of grave of James Joseph Towers. See CASUALTIES page.
Added photograph to the Notable Events page: January 11, 1926 – Collision

August 11, 2009

Added Captain Samuel Robinson to the Notable Crew page
Added another casualty to the World War II Casualties page.
Updated Links page.

July 17, 2008

Added to Photo Gallery Page: Added a new page dedicated to photos provided by Drew Waveryn
Added sub-page to Singapore page – New page titled Escape from Singapore

May 19, 2008

Added to Casualties Page: Added a link and details to Douglas Richard ELWORTHY

April 4, 2008

Added to Casualties Page: Added military casualties.

September 9, 2007

Added Notable Event: 1937, The loss of the PRESIDENT HOOVER
Added a NEW page under “World War I” on the Chinese Labour Corp.

August 30, 2007

Changed the Notable Passenger Arrival of April 13, 1932 to April 11, 1932.
Added a Vancouver Sun picture under the Asia Land Settlement Committee sub-page of the WWI page.

August 27, 2007

Added link to “Singapore Evacuation 1942″ on the Links page.

March 1, 2007

Added Notable Event: 1920, First Motion Pictures
Fixed various spelling/grammar errors.

January 7, 2007

Added Notable Events: 1919, Asia Land Settlement Committee – February 23, 1924, Collision –
August 10, 1924, Collision – November 12, 1931, HMS Petersfeild.
Added a new sub-page to the World War I page – The Asia Land Settlement Committee.

December 27, 2006

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Updated the list of repatriated soldiers returning to Vancouver after World War I
Updated the formatting for the list of repatriated soldiers returning to Victoria after World War I

November 27, 2006

Added Notable Events: October 2, 1919 – Collision AND October 5, 1922 – Collision

October 16, 2006

ALL (307) NOTABLE PASSENGER PAGES COMPLETED!
Added Notable Passenger Arrivals: December 10, 1917 – August 16, 1920 – October 11, 1920
– September 25, 1922 – July 12, 1926 – October 12, 1931 – December 1, 1939
Added Notable Passenger Departures: August 30, 1917 – May 7, 1920 – June 5, 1924 – July 31, 1924
– May 27, 1926 – April 9, 1927 – May 9, August 29, October 24, 1931 – October 8, December 3, 1932
– January 28, 1933 – May 29, July 23, 1937 – October 18, December 16, 1939.

October 14, 2006

Added Notable Passenger Arrivals: October 15, 1917 – May 26, 1924 – April 13, June 3, July 29, September 23, November 18, 1940 – January 10, 1941.
Added Notable Passenger Departures: October 25, 1917 – February 27, 1919 – April 28, 1921 – August 10, 1922 – April 23, 1932 – April 8, 1933 – February 10, April 20, June 15, August 10, October 5, November 27, 1940.

September 17, 2006

Added Notable Passenger Arrivals: August 20, 1917 – March 4, 1918 – March 31, 1924 – March 23, 1925- September 9, 1925 – May 17, 1926 – June 27, 1938.
Added Notable Passenger Departures: July 6, 1917 – October 21, 1920 – April 10, 1924 – April 3, 1926- September 16, 1926 – October 13, 1927 – December 1, 1928 – June 13, 1929 – July 30, 1933- November 3, 1934 – May 4, 1935 – June 24, 1939.

August 6, 2006

Added Notable Event: The Rescue of Lim Cheong Hee
Added Notable Passenger Arrivals: July 1, 1916 – June 5, 1922 – November 12, 1923 – January 28, 1924 – July 16, 1925- November 2, 1925 – April 28, 1931 – June 22, 1931 – August 22, 1938 – October 17, 1938.
Added Notable Passenger Departures: December 20, 1917 – March 14, 1918 – July 1, 1920 – August 26, 1918 – April 20, 1922 – June 15, 1922 – September 25, 1924 – May 28, 1925 – July 23, 1925 – September 17, 1925 – November 12, 1925 – April 20, 1929 – April 18, 1936 – November 28, 1936 – September 3, 1938 – October 29, 1938.

July 21, 2006

Added Notable Passenger Departures: May 2, 1919 – February 10, 1921 – June 3, 1933.
Added Notable Passenger Arrivals: January 31, 1921 – July 31, 1922 – February 12, 1923.

July 4, 2006

Added Notable Passenger Departures: February 19, 1920 – November 30, 1922 – February 22, 1923- November 29, 1923 – November 20, 1924 – April 3, 1925.
-Added Notable Passenger Arrivals: September 15, 1924 – November 10, 1924 – May 18, 1925.

June 18, 2006

Added Notable Passenger Departures: December 19 1931.
Added Notable Passenger Arrivals: February 9, 1920 – December 7, 1931 – December 27, 1937.

May 14, 2006

Added Notable Passenger Arrivals: August 26, 1916 – June 25, 1917 – May 27, 1927.
Added Notable Passenger Departures: September 7, 1916 – February 6, 1927 – September 23, 1933 – May 19, 1934.

April 28, 2006

Updated the background picture for a new look! Hope you like it!

April 22, 2006

Added Notable Passenger Departures: February 7, 1924 – February 22, 1936 – April 3, 1937 – July 9 1938.
Added Notable Passenger Arrivals: July 20, 1924 – November 1, 1937.

March 5, 2006

Added link to “Farewell to the China Boats” on the LINKS page.
Added Notable Passenger Arrivals: April 14, 1919 – November 22, 1922 – September 6, 1930 – April 3, 1933.
Added Notable Passenger Departures: May 14, 1917 – December 25, 1919 – July 22, 1926 – October 19, 1935 – December 14, 1935 – September 18, 1937 – May 14, 1938 – December 24, 1938.

February 12, 2006

Added ten new photos to the Photo Gallery.

January 20, 2006

Added Crew List: September 1 1934/March 2 1935.
Added Notable Passenger Arrivals: October 22, 1916 – November 28, 1921 – September 6, 1926.
Added Notable Passenger Departures: July 13, 1916 – November 13, 1937.

January 4, 2006

Added pictures to the Walter Oliver Notable Crew Page
Added Notable Passenger Arrivals: Oct 3, 1921 – April 9, 1922 – April 9, 1923 – June 4, 1923 – July 30, 1923 – September 22, 1923 – March 22 1926.
Added Notable Passenger Departures: September 4, 1919 – October 30, 1919 – December 16, 1920 – August 18, 1921 – December 8, 1921 – October 5, 1922 – April 19, 1923 – June 15, 1923 – August 9, 1923 – October 4, 1923.

December 1, 2005

Added Notable Passenger Arrivals: December 18, 1916 – October 20, 1919 – December 15, 1919.
Added Notable Passenger Departures: December 29, 1921.

November 21, 2005

Updated Notable Crew Page: Walter Oliver

November 12, 2005

Added pictures to the John Drummond Notable Crew page.

November 11, 2005

Added Notable Passenger Arrivals: May 6, 1914 – July 1, 1914.
Added Notable Passenger Departures: May 14, 1914 – July 9, 1914 – May 19, 1916 – November 2, 1914.

November 3, 2005

Upon new research, July 2nd was changed to July 9th on the World War I page.
Added Notable Passenger Arrivals: March 4, 1914.
Added Notable Passenger Departures: March 20, 1914.

October 27, 2005

Added Notable Passenger Arrivals: October 25, 1913 – December 21, 1913 – November 1, 1926.
Added Notable Passenger Departures: November 5, 1913 – January 3, 1914 – November 12, 1926.

October 21, 2005

Made three minor date changes in the Notable Passengers section.
Adjusted ‘typical round trip’ length in the Engine Room page.

October 7, 2005

Added Notable Crew: John Drummond, and Walter Oliver

October 2, 2005

Added new button & page “Notable Crew.”

September 24, 2005

Added Notable Passenger Arrivals: January 23rd, 1922 – January 24th, 1927.
Added Notable Passenger Departures: August 22nd 1935 – February 2nd, 1922.
Added Notable Event: Hankow, 1926-1927.

September 15, 2005

Added Notable Passenger Arrivals: June 29th, 1919 – August 25th, 1919 – August 17th, 1931 – June 21st, 1935 – June 16th, 1939 – February 2nd, 1940.
Added Notable Passenger Departures: June 11th, 1919 – May 29th, 1930.
Updated Notable Passenger Arrival of March 7th, 1931

September 3, 2005

Added two pictures to the Photo Gallery page.
Added Notable Passenger Arrivals: December 6th, 1920 – August 7th, 1939.
Added Notable Passenger Departures: June 23, 1921 – August 19, 1939.

August 22, 2005

Added Notable Event: June 12, 1921
Added Notable Passenger Arrivals: June 12th, 1921 – January 4th, 1930 – April 26th, 1935.
Added Notable Passenger Departures: October 13th, 1921 – January 11th, 1930 – June 29th, 1935.

August 9, 2005

Created a new Photo Gallery page!

August 6, 2005

Altered links frame with new graphics
Created Updates Page