SS De Grasse

Empress of Australia
History
Name:	1924-1953: SS de Grasse 1953-1956 RMS Empress of Australia 1956-1962 Venezuela
Owner:	1924-1953: Compagnie Générale Transatlantique 1953-1956: Canadian Pacific Steamships 1956-1962: Sicula Oceanica
Port of registry:	1924-1953: France 1953-1956: Canada 1956-1962: Italy
Builder:	Cammell Laird, Birkenhead, United Kingdom
Way number:	886
Laid down:	23 March 1920
Launched:	23 February 1924
Completed:	August 1924
Out of service:	1962
General characteristics
Class and type:	Ocean liner
Tonnage:	17,759 tons
Length:	168.3 metres (552 ft)
Beam:	21.8 metres (72 ft)

SS De Grasse was an ocean liner built in 1920–1924 by Cammell Laird, Birkenhead, United Kingdom for the Compagnie Generale Transatlantique, and launched in February 1924.

She was refitted for Canadian Pacific Steamships in 1953, then renamed in that same year as the Empress of Australia.

She was sold in 1956 to Sicula Oceanica; and after refit, the ship was renamed Venezuela.

The ship was wrecked off Cannes on 16 March 1962; and she was broken up at La Spezia in August the same year.

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