Website Update Log

August 2025

  • Updated Homepage with minor edit

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