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A detailed map shows the run through the Panama Canal with a note indicating that the EMPRESS OF BRITAIN was the largest passenger ship to pass through, a record she held until the FRANCE took her first World Cruise forty years later.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBesides a big portrait of the big ship, b\u0026amp;w photos show the Tennis Court, Cathay Lounge Smoking Room, Mayfair Lounge, Dining Saloon, Boat Deck, and Promenade Deck. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhen my time machine is perfected, strolling through the wonders of the EMPRESS OF BRITAIN will be one of my first destinations. That is, provided I can set the dial to before October 26, 1940, when the ship was attached by a German bomber and sub. 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I'm not sure which year as nowhere in the brochure is a year mentioned (there ought to be a law!). Prospects were pitched a voyage to Europe by departing Honolulu, San Francisco, or Los Angeles. A detailed map shows the run through the Panama Canal with a note indicating that the EMPRESS OF BRITAIN was the largest passenger ship to pass through, a record she held until the FRANCE took her first World Cruise forty years later.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBesides a big portrait of the big ship, b\u0026amp;w photos show the Tennis Court, Cathay Lounge Smoking Room, Mayfair Lounge, Dining Saloon, Boat Deck, and Promenade Deck. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhen my time machine is perfected, strolling through the wonders of the EMPRESS OF BRITAIN will be one of my first destinations. 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