On 21/9/06, Douglas Newman, discombobulated, unleashed: >Ah, the lovely EMPRESS OF CANADA! One of my favorite >(and highly under-appreciated) post-war liners. > >She was broken up in 2004, but you can buy a piece of >her at: >http://www.midshipcentury.com/empressofcanada.shtml > >I highly recommend the book "The Last White Empresses" >by Clive Harvey, which details the history of this >ship and her two older half-sisters, EMPRESS OF >BRITAIN and EMPRESS OF ENGLAND. > >The only one still around is the former EMPRESS OF >BRITAIN, now THE TOPAZ, which celebrates her 50th >birthday this year. I visited her in June: >http://shiploverny.smugmug.com/gallery/1582266 > >She is vastly changed from her original state but >still a most fascinating vessel. > >And I do apologize if anyone is finding this off-topic >chatter annoying, but on joining I was told that OT >stuff is welcome at PDML, so there ;-)!
It's my father's 70th birthday soon and you have given me great inspiration, New Doug. Thanks. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=====| http://www.cottysnaps.com _____________________________ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
