sentences: "Empress of Asia" was built by Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering at Govan near Glasgow in Scotland She was launched in 1912 where she was named by Mrs Bosworth the wife of the Vice-President of the Canadian Pacific Railway, she completed her maiden voyage in 1913.In May 1914, Captain Samuel Robinson pushed the RMS "Empress of Asia" and her crew in setting a new world's record for both a single day's steaming (473 nautical miles) and for crossing the Pacific (nine days, two hours, and fifteen minutes).