On 24 September 1923 , '' Empress of Canada '' arrived at Tokyo harbor — just three days after the devastating Great Kantō earthquake struck the city . She found that the Canadian ocean liner had been converted to a command post from which the British consul was directing relief work , and the '' Empress of Canada '' transported refugees – 587 Europeans , 31 Japanese , and 362 Chinese – to Kobe , Japan
Great Kantō earthquake
1923 Great Kantō earthquake
RMS Empress of Canada (1920)