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|builder=[[Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company]]<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Empress_of_Russia Wikipedia].</ref>
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'''H.M.S. ''Empress of Russia''''' was a commercial liner converted for use as an Armed Merchant Cruiser in the [[Royal Navy]].

==Service==
==Armament==

She was armed with:{{DittColl|p. 119}}
* eight 4.7-in guns

==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Empress of Russia''">
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Archibald Cochrane|nick=Archibald Cochrane|appt=24 August, 1914<ref>Cochrane Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/10.|D7602798}} f. 11.</ref>{{NLOct15|p. 401''m''}}|end=21 October, 1915<ref>Cochrane Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/10.|D7602798}} f. 11.</ref>|precBy=New Command|succBy=Vessel Decommissioned}}
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>

==See Also==
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{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Empress_of_Russia}}
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{{refend}}

==Footnotes==
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==Bibliography==
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{{Footer British Armed Merchant Cruisers}}

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{{CatShipArmedMerchantCruiser|UK}}
{{CatClassMisc|UK}}


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