¹ A total of 428 officers and 6410 other ranks (total 6838) sailed in the Second Echelon. The ships in which they sailed were Aquitania, 44,786 tons, Cunard White Star; Empress of Britain, 42,348 tons, Canadian-Pacific; Empress of Japan (now Empress of Scotland), 26,032 tons, Canadian-Pacific; and Andes, 25,676 tons, Royal Mail Line. The Empress of Britain was sunk on 28 Oct 1940 off the west coast of Ireland.