DOMINION MONARCH / DOMINION MONARCH MARU

DOMINION MONARCH WAS BUILT FOR THE SHAW SAVILL & ALBION LINE BY SWAN HUNTERS, AS A LINER / CARGO VESSEL.SHE WAS REGISTERED IN SOUTHAMPTON. IN 1940 SHE WAS REQUISITIONED AS A TROOP SHIP. SHE NEARLY FELL INTO JAPANESE HANDS DURING THE INVASION OF SINGAPORE, AS SHE WAS IN DRY-DOCK AT THE TIME, BUT MANAGED TO COMPLETE ENGINE REPAIRS AND SLIP OUT TO SEA. SHE WAS USED AS A FLOATING HOTEL AT THE SEATTLE WORLD FAIR IN 1962. SHE WAS SOLD TO JAPAN IN 1962 AND RE-NAMED DOMINION MONARCH MARU. SHE WAS SCRAPPED IN OSAKA. SHE HAD BEEN THE ULTIMATE IN LINER PASSENGER TRAVEL, IN A COMPLETE CLASS OF HER OWN.